broad-based vs multifarious

broad-based

adj
  • Broadly based, wide-ranging. 

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

multifarious

adj
  • Having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts; manifold. 

  • In which a party or a cause of action has been improperly or wrongfully joined together in the same suit, as in a misjoinder, perhaps as a result of a joinder of unrelated, distinct, independent parties or matters. 

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