Tuesday, June 4, 2013

diverse, divers

Diverse or diverse ( dih VERSE or digh VERSE ) means of various or different kinds--
It was a diverse crowd--old, young, male and female.
This restaurant has a dessert cart with a diverse assortment of pastries.

Divers or divers ( DIGH verz )  is an old-fashioned word meaning several, or an assortment--
He chose divers of the employees to work overtime.
He dumped his clothes and divers articles out of his suitcase, looking for the key.

Divers ( DIGH verz )  may also be the plural ( more than one ) of "diver", meaning someone who goes under water, or who jumps into the water--
Tell the divers not to climb the ladder until the board is empty.
Warn the divers that there are rocks below the water on the other side.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The divers performed a diverse selection of stunts, followed by divers of them jumping at the same time."

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