Desperate vs Disparate

I am Desperate because I am Disparate

                    

                                            

                                                                                                                                                               

Desperate (Adj.)

Meaning:-

• having little hope of success
• feeling or showing that you have little hope and are ready to do anything without worrying  about danger 
• something in extremely serious 

Usages:-

1. I heard a desperate sound.
2. He felt desperate when he had failed in exams.

                                                                                                                                                               

Disparate (Adj.)

Meaning:-

• things that are very different from each other
• made up of parts or people that are very different from each other
• fundamentally different or distinct in quality 

Usages:-

1. The aim was to bring disparate information sources into one database.
2. Bring the disparate things into the house.

                                                                                                                                                               

Mind Tricks:-

Disparate comes from Latin prefix Dis - "apart" and par means "equal, same", meaning apart from same, equal. 

More words on "dis" prefix-

1. disappeared
2. dispute
3. disorder
4. dis-able

For spelling, We are going to use the word separate for Disparate - Dis +separate.

Desperate comes from Latin as de- "down or down from" + sperare- "to hope" meaning down from hope.  

More words on prefix De are - 

1. deprived
2. despair
3. dejected
4. description
5. describes

                                                                                                                                                               

Spelling Confusion:-
-> Desperate
-> Disparate - Use the word separate for memorizing right spelling of Disparate.

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