disparate vs plural

disparate

adj
  • Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous. 

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

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

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

plural

adj
  • Consisting of or containing more than one of something. 

  • Pluralistic. 

  • In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual. 

noun
  • A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder. 

  • The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something. 

  • A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form. 

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