### difference | dissimilarity | heterogeneity:

Diversity
* -Discusses how individuals' different experiences influence the way they see the world.
* Most diversity contributes to development
  - drives evolution
  - is generated at the gene level
* Most diversity leads to diversity
  - ecosystem productivity
* Most diversity occurs in habitats
  - tropical regions
  - refers to variability
* Some diversity affects biodiversity.
* adds to the richness of the learning environment.
* also adds economic and civic value to our society
  - applies to a person s sexual identity
  - extends to customs, cuisine and dress
  - involves philosophy and life experiences
* also means a variety of perspectives
  - that there greater chance of new special abilities developing
  - promotes competition between energy suppliers, which keeps prices lower
  - refers to the ways people are different
  - relates to the simple differences in personalities and looks between two people
* appears to be a function of social evolution.
* basic method of coping with sin.
* begins as duality
  - with individuals
* best describes the island's geology and climate.
* brings changes in work roles
  - creativity, opportunity and possibilities to careers and to organizations
  - together differences to enhance the sameness of life
* builds networks of strength based on mutual understanding.
* business issue that affects the bottom line.
* can also increase communication costs, reduce cohesiveness, and promote turnover
  - mean differences in opinion, socio-economic background, or even haircuts
* can be a source of strength, but disunity source of peril
  - an indicator of a healthy ecosystem
  - as simple as having different personal experiences
  - different perspectives, ideas, culture, religion, personalities and much more
  - religion, minorities, color, ideas, etc
  - enrich an organization and society
  - help sustain the unity of a nation that's based on shared ideals
  - lead to productive experiments in work roles
  - make the world a better place in which to live
* can mean a variety of things to different people
  - difference in men and women, ethnic background, sexuality, age, etc
  - polarize and build barriers, or it can be an opportunity for growth and unity
* can polarize, alienate, and build barriers
  - build barriers, or be an opportunity for growth and unity
  - simply mean counting the variety of people
* celebrates the understanding that people have similarities and differences.
* characterizes Georgia's families
  - our lifestyles and experiences, our philosophies and our religious journeys
* comes from sexual reproduction and diversity in a changing environment good thing.
* comprehensive process that extends opportunity to the entire work force.
* concept that applies at the personal level and also at the national level.
* creates a rich mosaic of the human community
  - an environment where people have to watch their every word and action
  - many opportunity
  - networks that segregate rather than unite an organization
  - opportunities for new ideas, learning, and growth
* critical component in attaining sustainability.
* defense against surprises in markets, weather and pests.
* describes the coexistence of many cultures in society
  - spectrum of human similarities and differences
* determines the quality of education.
* distinctive sign of nature and is the basis for ecological stability.
* does exist, however, in a difference of economic backgrounds.
* drives creativity
* driving force within existing and evolving entities.
* enables life to find a way to survive.
* encourages all individuals to contribute to the success of the business
  - resistance to devastating pests and diseases in our food supply
* energizes and strengthens schools and communities.
* enhances education and global understanding
  - our competitiveness in today's global marketplace
* enriches a society and the people who live there
  - an individuals experiences as well as the society
* enriches both the classroom experience and life outside the classroom
  - individual and society
* enriches our lives and increases our understanding
  - our environment
  - performance and products, as well as our communities and lives
  - world, our nation and each of our communities
  - the academic experience and is essential to the quality of higher education
* equals that of ferns and other groups.
* exists in values and beliefs.
* exists, too, in how each group raises money and where that money goes.
* fact of life.
* familiar concept in our society.
* focuses on inclusion.
* form of organization that is more organic.
* fosters tolerance, awareness and understanding.
* frequently used word in the modern lexicon of business.
* generally decreases with elevation just as it does with latitude.
* gift to our minds and spirits.
* gives people the opportunity to express their point of view on projects.
* good measure of the ecological health of an area.
* hallmark of life
  - middle level learners
  - the United States, a source of our greatness
* has a salutary effect on all biological ecosystems, and human culture is no exception
  - effects
  - important educational benefits in and of itself
  - nothing to do with randomness
* helps as the preparation for managing a more diverse world.
* impacts human performance as well as organizational success.
* implies differences in people based on their identifications with various groups.
* improves productivity.
* includes diversity of ability
  - the richness and relative abundance of individuals of different species
* increases chances
  - with succession as production base increases
* inspires creativity and inventiveness.
* involves more than racial prejudice
  - much more than culture, gender, age, ability, or personality
* is about authenticity and truth
  - empowering a plural community
* is about the many groups of peoples that compose America, the plures
  - rich differences found in the human family
* is also basic to education for democracy
  - self-organizing
* is an emotional issue that cuts deep into our souls and psyches
  - enormous opportunity for human growth
  - evolutionary rather than revolutionary process
* is an important factor in the stability and survival of all ecosystems
  - of success in a global and changing world
  - innate characteristic of peptide structures
* is an integral part of our everyday interactions
  - the American identity
  - intellectual concept found in quality social studies programs
  - issue in all segments of business
  - another name for the world
  - as fundamental to life as is order
  - bands
  - based on parental choice
  - basic to ecosystemic well-being
  - beauty of life
  - capable of destroying the White race
  - celebrated, as people strive to learn from each other
  - conditions
  - created when different sponges reproduce with other different sponges
* is defined by cultural, religious, economic and social variances
  - differences in religion, race, sexual preference and ideology
  - derived from sexuality, and sexuality from the metaphorical first egg
  - diversity, after all, whether it be ethnic, lifestyle choice, or technical affiliation
  - encouraged along north-south coastlines by the cold poles and warm equator
  - especially important for companies that do business overseas
* is essential for change and growth
  - in all aspects of the work of an organization
  - to evolution
* is essential to the balance of life
  - beauty and interest of nature and the universe
  - extended to linguistic heritage, national origin, sexual orientation, and disability
  - fundamental to academic excellence
  - generated by varied environmental conditions
  - good things
  - healthy, both in the ecosystem and in the academic community
  - human nature
* is important in athletics, too
  - to prevent total tree loss, so try to plant a variety of trees
  - in constant conflict with conformity and unity
  - inclusive, encompassing everyone in the workplace
* is indeed an emergent property of an assemblage of objects
  - the antithesis of nationhood
  - inequality expressed as value
  - inherent in our collective commitment to access
* is key to a sustainable agriculture
  - linked to other human resource and organizational systems
  - lower when species abundance is uneven, and very low when species are few
  - meaningless outside orders of unity, particularly where the human habitat is concerned
  - measured by both richness and evenness
* is more about commonality than differences
  - difficult to define than genetic or species diversity
* is more than demographics
  - ethnic origin
  - just realizing that differences exist
  - race and gender
  - the color of someone's skin
  - much broader than race and gender
  - natural
  - necessary for the growth and survival of the Islamic system
* is of even greater importance for the origin of successful biological systems
  - vital importance in the engineering profession as it fuels creativity
* is one major factor driving plant productivity in temperate grasslands
  - of our world's greatest gifts
* is one of the great assets our country possesses in the world economy
  - strengths of democratic societies
  - greatest gifts the world has to offer
  - keys to success in the recreation industry
* is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the nonprofit world
  - notable traits of the otherkin communities
  - positive aspects of human nature
  - open forums where ideas, often highly controversial ideas, can be freely discussed
  - our source of innovation, opportunity and competitive advantage
  - part of our greatness
* is part of the priceless natural heritage of Europe
  - richness within relationships
  - what makes life interesting
  - present in normal cognitive aging
  - reflected in the wild fish that are genetically adapted to the areas they inhabit
* is seen as a way of promoting high performance
  - everyone wins, as advancing the goals that everyone embraces
  - in every aspect of India
  - simply the wide variety of organisms in our world
  - some form of thought control or political correctness
  - something that needs to be discussed all the time
  - strength when it comes to collaborative leadership
* is the 'politically correct' idiom for discrimination
  - antithesis of lineage
  - condition of being different
  - core and richness of life, also the key to sustainability
  - dust of death settling over our civilization
* is the essence of a thriving community, social or ecological
  - our science, our careers and our lives
  - exact opposite of university
  - flag flying over all
  - flipside of elitism which is the way the world used to work
  - foundation of our care and the inspiration for our careers
* is the hallmark of all great universities
  - microenterprise development in the United States
  - highest expression of the ideals on which our nation is founded
  - interaction of different ideas and perspectives
  - key that unlocks the success of organisms in our world
* is the key to accepting the different cultures and their beliefs
  - both survival and progress
  - ensuring the continuance of life on Earth
  - survival in the future
  - the universalization process of education
* is the key word as cultures become less homogenous
  - in an understanding of the ecology of the Appalachian mountains
  - life-blood of freelancing
  - making of one group as the norm for all groups
* is the mix of differences and similarities at all levels of the organization
  - similarities and differences at all levels of our organization
  - number of species in an area
  - only way to fly
  - order of the millennium
  - path to unity All change begins with a change in meaning
  - poorly kept secret of nature
  - product of natural selection
* is the quality of being different and unique
  - oneness while being different
  - range of dance styles and dance activities
  - section that covers race and ethnicity, including news
  - stuff of life
  - term applied when more than one antenna or receiver is being used
* is the word that best describes life in Prince George's County, Maryland
  - tied to genes , which are the basic units of heredity
  - ultimately an individual choice
  - uniqueness
  - valued and promoted in the workforce
  - very high and national endemism is extremely high in all major plant and animal groups
  - vital to the Neutopian world view
* is what Life is all about
  - flavors our culture and gives it richness and beauty
  - has made the society great
* is what makes our society tolerable
  - state and country unique
* is what makes the world an interesting place
  - interesting and wonderful
* key concept for creating resilient economies and rich local cultures.
* key factor in incentive compensation for managers
  - the survival of an ecosystem
* leads to creativity
  - vast genetic potential
* lets the organism change with the rest of nature.
* main characteristic of traditional livestock production.
* matter of survival and prosperity.
* means a species can cope with different threats
  - building an organization that reflects the changing demographics of the work force
* means children from different economic backgrounds working and playing together every day
  - kinds of families learning and growing together
* means different things in different places, and on widely varying scales
  - more than gender or ethnic differences
  - some offspring won t be as well adapted as parents
* means that both providers and consumers of services are represented
  - every community has a distinct ideal planning solution
  - the fact or quailty of being diverse or different
  - valuing people's differences
  - variety and variability
* natural and enriching hallmark of life.
* necessity for all life to survive
  - in all lines of work, including archaeology
* notion of embracing everyone towards a state of equality.
* occurs among groups or organisms or species.
* part of the fabric of North American life.
* plays a central role in intellectual freedom and exchange
  - part in everyday business
* positive aspect of human society.
* priority in the workplace.
* process of acknowledging differences through action.
* promotes discussion and learning from one another
  - innovation, which enhances competitive advantage
  - understanding, sensitivity and respect
* provides benefits
  - best overall protection
  - non-toxic, sustainable crop protection against plant diseases and insect pests
  - options
  - potential benefits
  - stability in times of change
* real source of creativity.
* recognizes and respects individual differences.
* reduces competition for scarce resources
  - isolation and exclusion and contributes to a healthy economic base
* refers to differences among learners, settings and outcomes
  - within individuals and groups within a time frame
  - gender, race, sexual orientation, and abilities
* refers to the amount of different types of life found in an area
  - backgrounds and research interests of our students and faculty
  - infinite, ever-changing variety of the world
* refers to the number of different plant species in a particular area
  - species types in a community
  - quantifiable differences that are observed in a given population
  - variety of life
  - wide range of individual attributes and skills people bring to their work
* represents the world's biological and cultural heritage.
* result of individual and collective communication and collaboration
  - the evolutionary process
* sense of pride that only can be briefly touched on during an event.
* sometimes means division.
* source of new ideas and ways of doing things
  - renewal and vitality
  - wealth in a market economy
* stems farther than skin color.
* stimulates creativity, as does divergence of opinion.
* strength when people of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds are unified.
* strength, when coordinated for a common goal.
* strengthens both ecosystem and movements
  - physical, chemical, biological, and human systems
* supports a wide variety of fish and wildlife species.
* tends to be greatest at low latitudes and low elevations
  - reduce cohesion and increase conflict
  - toward higher forms, uniformity toward dullness and extinction
* theme for which the focus is continuously shifting.
* trait of the center in many ways.
* transcends race and gender.
* universal phenomenon, beyond questions of race and gender.
* very important ecological component of organic farming.
* walks a thin line in the United States.
* word that comes to mind when describing Florida's national forests
  - gender feminists refuse to acknowledge
  - is today at the forefront of our studies about the ecology of our planet
  - whose meaning is more directly related to tolerance rather than unity
  - with many different meanings in many different contexts
* works well only in large, powerful states or empires
  - when members want to serve a common purpose