diversifying

Adding different options

Diversifying is the process of adding variety or spreading across different types.

In investing, diversifying means distributing money across multiple assets to reduce risk: She's diversifying her portfolio with international stocks.

Businesses diversify by expanding into new products or markets.

The word applies wherever variety replaces concentration: The neighborhood is diversifying as new families move in.

variety

broadening

Increasing in extent

range · assortment · multiplicity · heterogeneity · eclecticism · spectrum · medley · mosaic · miscellany · smorgasbord

growth

expanding

Growing in scope

extending · amplifying · multiplying · augmenting · developing · branching · ramifying · decentralizing · distributing · dispersing

investment

portfolio

Collected works or assets

equities · ETFs · commodities · securities · rebalancing · holdings · dividends · annuities · alternatives

ecology

biodiversity

Range of life forms

endemic · conservation · rewilding · polyculture · agroforestry · resilience

Categories
Opposites
BREADTH vs. FOCUS

diversifyingspecializing

Focusing on one domain

concentrating · focusing · narrowing · consolidating · streamlining

VARIETY vs. UNIFORMITY

diversifyinghomogenizing

Making consistent throughout

standardizing · conforming · unifying · uniformizing · normalizing

change vs. stasis

diversifyingmaintaining

Keeping in condition

preserving · stagnating · standing pat

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G