Difference between Inhomogeneous and Heterogeneous

What is the difference between Inhomogeneous and Heterogeneous?

Inhomogeneous as an adjective is not homogeneous while Heterogeneous as an adjective is diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.

Inhomogeneous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not homogeneous

Heterogeneous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.Incommensurable because of different kinds.Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.Visibly consisting of different components.(information technology): A network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture. Alternatively, a data resource with multiple types of formats.

We hope you now know whether to use Inhomogeneous or Heterogeneous in your sentence.

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