a variety of vs disparate

a variety of

disparate

noun
  • Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things. 

adj
  • Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground. 

  • Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous. 

  • Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs 

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