2022-02-10 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D - divers & diverse

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2022-02-10

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D - divers & diverse

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Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง divers = “DAHY-verz”

ออกเสียง diverse = “dih-VURS” or “DAHY-vurs” 

 

The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary: 

Divers & diverse

The first is rarely used nowadays except 

jokingly or in mistake for the second. 

 

DIVERS means ‘several’, ‘of varying types’:

DIVERS reference books. 

DIVERSE means ‘very different’: 

DIVERSE opinions, DIVERSE interests.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Divers

History and Etymology for divers

Adjective

Middle English divers, diverse DIVERSE

NOTE: The form divers continues a Middle English

variant of DIVERSE with the stress shifted to the initial syllable 

and the vowel lengthened. 

In modern English diverse, with stress on the second syllable, 

has taken over most of the word's meanings, 

 

but divers remains as a quantifier, 

with the final -s voiced as if it were a plural marker.

 

History and Etymology for diverse

Middle English divers, diverse "differing, distinct,

of various kinds, several,"

borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; 

Anglo-French divers, diverse, deverce, 

borrowed from Latin dīversus 

"turned in different directions, situated apart, differing," 

from past participle of dīvertere 

"to separate oneself (from), be different, diverge" 

— more at DIVERT

 

Choose the Right Synonym for diverse

Different, Diverse, Divergent, Disparate, Various 

mean unlike in kind or character.

Different may imply little more than separateness but it may also imply contrast or contrariness.  

different foods

Diverse implies both distinctness and marked contrast.  

such diverse interests as dancing and football

Divergent implies movement away from each other and unlikelihood of ultimate meeting or reconciliation.  

went on to pursue divergent careers

Disparate emphasizes incongruity or incompatibility.  

disparate notions of freedom

Various stresses the number of sorts or kinds.  

tried various methods 

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Did you know?

Divers is not a misspelling of diverse

—it is a word in its own right. 

Both words come from Latin diversus, 

meaning "turning in opposite directions," 

and both historically could be pronounced 

as either DYE-verz (like the plural of the noun diver) 

or dye-VERSS. 

Divers (now pronounced more frequently as DYE-verz) 

is typically used before a plural noun

to indicate an unspecified quantity 

("a certain secret drawer in the wardrobe, where were stored divers parchments" — Jane Eyre); 

it's a rather formal word and not commonly encountered. 

Diverse (usually dye-VERSS) 

is frequently called upon to emphasize variety. 

It means either "dissimilar" or "unlike" 

(as in "a variety of activities to appeal to the children's diverse interests") or "having distinct or unlike elements or qualities" ("a diverse student body").