DIVERSITIES Synonyms

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

• the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

• the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared

• the act of distinguishing by comparing differences

• a conceptual separation or distinction

• the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors

• the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)

• put in opposition to show or emphasize differences

• to show differences when compared; be different

• the quality of being unlike or dissimilar

• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• a significant change

• the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• an event that departs from expectations

• inequality or difference in some respect

• the quality of being dissimilar

• a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

• high status importance owing to marked superiority

• a distinguishing difference between similar things or people

• an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority

• the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind

• lack of equality

• the property of being multiple

• a large number

• an event that departs from expectations

• discord that splits a group

• the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• the quality of being subject to variation

• an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)

• an activity that varies from a norm or standard

• an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

• an activity that varies from a norm or standard

• a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished

• something a little different from others of the same type

• an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard

• the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

• the process of varying or being varied

• (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)

• (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

• (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure

• the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard

• noticeable heterogeneity

• the act of choosing or selecting

• an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

• a passage selected from a larger work

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

• noticeable heterogeneity

• (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics

• a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• a difference that is usually pleasant