Eclectic vs. Heterogeneous — What's the Difference?

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

Diverse in character or content

Made up of or combining elements from a variety of sources

Also het·er·og·e·nous (hĕt′ə-rŏjə-nəs) Consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; not homogeneous.

One that follows an eclectic method.

Xenogeneic.

Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.

Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.

Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.

(mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.

Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.

Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.

Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.

(chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.

Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.

(computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.

One who follows an eclectic method.

Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; - opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.

Someone who selects according to the eclectic method

Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature;

Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

Originating outside the body