Diverse vs. Miscellaneous: What's the Difference?
Diverse and Miscellaneous Definitions
Diverse
Differing one from another
Members of the same family can have very diverse personalities.
Miscellaneous
Consisting of various kinds; varied
A shelf containing miscellaneous objects.
Diverse
Made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements
"Prague ... offers visitors a series of excursions into a rich and diverse past" (Olivier Bernier).
Miscellaneous
Having a variety of characteristics or aspects
A website providing miscellaneous information.
Diverse
Relating to or containing people from different ethnicities and social backgrounds
A diverse workforce.
A diverse curriculum.
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Miscellaneous
Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.
A miscellaneous pile of clothing, buttons, tools and other junk.
Diverse
Consisting of many different elements; various.
Miscellaneous
Having diverse characteristics, abilities or appearances.
Diverse
Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
Miscellaneous
Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection.
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Diverse
Capable of various forms; multiform.
Miscellaneous
Constituting a grab-bag category;
The usual collection of miscellaneous expenses
Diverse
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.
Miscellaneous
Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity);
An arrangement of assorted spring flowers
Assorted sizes
Miscellaneous accessories
A mixed program of baroque and contemporary music
A motley crew
Sundry sciences commonly known as social
Diverse
Belonging to a minority group.
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Diverse
In different directions; diversely.
Diverse
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
Diverse
Capable of various forms; multiform.
Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
Diverse
In different directions; diversely.
Diverse
To turn aside.
The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart.
Diverse
Many and different;
Tourist offices of divers nationalities
A person of diverse talents
Diverse
Distinctly dissimilar or unlike;
Diverse parts of the country
Celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan
Animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth
