What's the difference between dissimilar and diverse?

Dissimilar


Definition:

  • (a.) Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A kinetic analysis of the 4 to 5 EBP transformation shows that it is a bimolecular reaction, the dimerization of the 4 S EBP with a second (similar or dissimilar) monomer or subunit.
  • (2) Renal autoregulation during decreases in renal arterial pressure (RAP) was examined in animals pretreated with a competitive antagonist of angiotensin ii, [1-sarcosine, 8-glycine] angiotensin II, or one of two chemically dissimilar inhibitors of prostaglandin synthetase, indomethacin and meclofenamate.
  • (3) Eighty-six adults serially recalled lists of visually presented consonant letters similar in auditory or visual features or dissimilar in both feature sets.
  • (4) (c) Are HbO2 distributions for tumor lines of dissimilar radiobiological hypoxic fraction affected similarly by flunarizine?
  • (5) The time courses of their release are dissimilar, and nordihydroguaiaretic acid fails to inhibit lysosomal enzyme release by a dose markedly inhibiting LTB release.
  • (6) The more dissimilar foods are, the greater the enhancement of intake by variety in a meal will be.
  • (7) Morphologically dissimilar colonies were isolated and identified using standard gram-positive and gram-negative identification strips (Analytab Products, Inc. [API]).
  • (8) Ten experiments were conducted on visually presented Serbo-Croatian words and pseudowords, comprising phonemically similar and dissimilar context-target sequences.
  • (9) No outstandingly high value for gametic association between the alleles of the 2 HL-A series was observed, but haplotypes formed by antigens with dissimilar frequencies in Caucasoids, Negroids and American Indian tribes have shown statistically significant D values.
  • (10) The presence of two dissimilar metals in the mouth acting as electrodes, with saliva serving as an electrolyte, can generate an intraoral electric current known as galvanic action.
  • (11) Comparisons of troponin T amino acid sequences among several species reveal striking dissimilarities, in contrast to the otherwise highly conserved contractile proteins.
  • (12) Immunoblocking and immunoprecipitation experiments suggested that epitopes recognised by these two antibodies are dissimilar and are expressed on different molecules.
  • (13) They also suggest this response may be dissimilar depending on the site and species from which the endothelial cells originate.
  • (14) This synchronization of dissimilar perceptions brings together disjunctive and conjunctive categories dominated by such coordinate conjunctions as "and... and", in the living diachronic discordance.
  • (15) Half of the subjects were led to believe that they were similar to the performer in personality and values, and half were led to believe that they were dissimilar.
  • (16) U.S.A. 83, 7588-7592) on the basis of lack of cross-reactivity with MI-8 and dissimilar peptide digest patterns.
  • (17) Moreover, the distinct dissimilarities of neural connections between rodents and primates indicate that the rodent's hippocampal formation might somehow have an undeveloped neural system of memory, or a different memory system from that of primates.
  • (18) These findings demonstrate differential effects of antidepressant treatments on fenfluramine-induced increases in plasma prolactin and corticosterone in rats and are consistent with several other clinical and animal studies demonstrating dissimilar actions of different antidepressant treatments on two different 5-HT-mediated neuroendocrine functions.
  • (19) Particularly in abnormal pregnancy, their shifting patterns were often dissimilar to one another, with implications that impaired placental function could possibly be confirmed qualitatively by reference to the predicted curve for the values of either of the marker substances.
  • (20) The program was subjected to a field trial among two demographically dissimilar populations of schoolchildren in the New York City area.

Diverse


Definition:

  • (a.) Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
  • (a.) Capable of various forms; multiform.
  • (adv.) In different directions; diversely.
  • (v. i.) To turn aside.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In addition, the fact that microheterogeneity may occur without limit in the mannans of the strains suggests that antibodies with unlimited diverse specificities are produced directed against these antigenic varieties as well.
  • (2) The results may help to explain the diversity in the multidrug-resistant phenotype.
  • (3) Digestion is initiated in the gastric region by secretion of acid and pepsin; however, diversity of digestive enzymes is highest in the post-gastric alimentary canal with the greatest proteolytic activity in the spiral valve.
  • (4) Nonvibrissa sensitive cells had diverse morphologies.
  • (5) While the reduced form of the "derived" polyphenolic compounds, generated during tissue homogenization, appeared to enhance dye binding with bovine serum albumin, their influence on the protein assay directly in crude homogenates was extremely diverse.
  • (6) Neuromuscular disorders in small animals include a diverse group of congenital and acquired diseases.
  • (7) Thus, the previously described ubiquity of "82H" human centromeric sequences reflects the existence of diverse alpha satellite subsets located at the centromeric region of each human chromosome.
  • (8) It’s gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background, and – most important of all, as far as I’m concerned – diversity of thought.” Diversity needs action beyond the Oscars | Letters Read more He may have provided the Richard Littlejohn wishlist from hell – you know the one, about the one-legged black lesbian in a hijab favoured by the politically correct – but as a Hollywood A-lister, the joke’s no longer on him.
  • (9) During sixty-six months, 145 Kock pouches were constructed: 79 for continent cutaneous diversion (44 men, 35 women), 54 bladder replacements by men, 12 ileo-rectal diversions (10 women, 2 men).
  • (10) It recognises the diverse needs of the affected populations”, said Scott DiPretoro, who works in the IFRC’s Panama hub.
  • (11) The diversity of the non-Hodgkin's groups, the continued evolution of histopathologic classifications, and the great frequency of advanced disease in the lymphocytic subgroups make the Ann Arbor classification of only limited value for the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
  • (12) Photograph: David Grayson David Grayson, director, The Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield University David became professor of corporate responsibility and director of the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield School of Management, in April 2007, after a 30 year career as a social entrepreneur and campaigner for responsible business, diversity, and small business development.
  • (13) A diversity of serogroups and toxigenicity was a general finding, however, strains found in the proximal gut were also cultured from the rectum, indicating that faecal specimens would be a valid tool in investigating the role of these organisms in SIDS cases compared with healthy controls.
  • (14) While it is important not to overstate the case from the relatively small number of people consulted, they do represent a diverse range of adult social care service users from different areas in England .
  • (15) Clearly, it is impossible to combine the diverse information briefly outlined in this review to provide a coherent model of the regulation of globin gene expression during development.
  • (16) Members of the genera Rickettsia, Coxiella and Rochalimaea show considerable diversity in host cell range (in vivo vs. in vitro), kind of association with host cell (pericellular, intracellular), mode of entry, interactions with various host cell membranes, intracellular localization (intraphagosomal, free in cytoplasm, intranuclear), adaptation to preferred microhabitat (e.g., optimal pH for enzymes), details of growth cycle, mechanisms of host cell damage.
  • (17) Finally, from the published manuals, the common components of these diverse, multi-component treatment packages of different family-intervention studies are identified."
  • (18) The olfactory organs of fishes are diversely developed.
  • (19) A unified hypothesis for the neuropathologic effect of the diverse spectrum of toxic chemicals known to induce giant axonopathies is presented, based on recently published data on the structure of NF protein.
  • (20) Experimental diversion of the bile flow from the lumen of the duodenum has little effect on the relative percentage of methadone vs. metabolites circulating in the blood.