NONEQUIVALENT Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

nonequivalent

adjective

Definition of nonequivalent

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Adjective

But the two disparate halves of his career look startlingly the same.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Understandably, Penn struggles to hold these disparate points of focus together with a performance that vacillates between disarmingly dopey and almost willfully ignorant of the realities of the 2000s media landscape.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of disparate

Adjective

Kwan’s push to expand the family office’s geographical footprint correlates with global wealth flows, as HNWIs worldwide look to diversify their assets across different geographies.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The result offers researchers a different way to approach quantum material design.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of different

Adjective

The new version isn’t too dissimilar from the original — both being high-flying rock songs — but Grohl and Smear give the track a distinct Foo Fighters-esque edge.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
Interestingly, Gilroy uses the actor in a not-too-dissimilar way to some of those earlier parts.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissimilar

Adjective

The researchers varied how many dots moved together, ranging from 81 percent of the dots coherently moving together, which is trivially easy to determine, down to 3 percent, which is barely distinguishable from noise.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
By combining them in different proportions, the researchers can create 16 distinguishable colours and at least 300 different shades.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of distinguishable

Adjective

Once sequestered, jurors are not allowed any contact with the outside world and - unlike in many US jurisdictions - their deliberations must remain confidential.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Kara isn’t the only superhero with a tragic origin story – but unlike, say, that guy who dresses up as a bat and fights crime after the deaths of his mom and dad, Kara hits up a dive bar and plays with her dog to cope.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Definition of unlike

Adjective

The 30-year-old André-Oort conjecture about the structure of something called Shimura varieties was finally proved, as was the 85-year-old Van der Waerden conjecture, which estimates how many polynomials have noninterchangeable roots.

— Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
Van der Waerden was interested in how many polynomials have noninterchangeable roots.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022

Definition of noninterchangeable

Adjective

Officials and spokesmen from around the state and various agencies couldn't be unavailable enough for comment.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Just as in the previous 10 cycles, the current cycle combines economic concerns (including energy prices) and negative stories about incumbents in various offices.

— Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of various

Adjective

The addition of Kenneth Walker III has made all of the offense more diverse and opened a bit more space for Mahomes to find receivers.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
From microwave weapons that can disable multiple drones to interceptor missiles and electronic warfare systems, the US military is developing a diverse toolkit to counter the growing threat from unmanned aircraft.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of diverse

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