broad-based vs diverse

broad-based

adj
  • Broadly based, wide-ranging. 

  • Of a tax: applying to most or all taxpayers or transactions, rather than a targeted subset. 

diverse

adj
  • Capable of various forms; multiform. 

  • Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area. 

  • Belonging to a minority group. 

  • Consisting of many different elements; various. 

  • Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same 

adv
  • In different directions; diversely. 

How often have the words broad-based and diverse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )