diverge
[verb]
Synonyms:
- separate, branch, divide, fork, part, split, spread
- deviate, depart, digress, meander, stray, turn aside, wander

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Antonyms: converge, conform
Related Words: differ, disagree, vary, divide, part, separate

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

di‧verge /daɪˈvɜːdʒ, də- $ -ɜːrdʒ/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: divergere, from Latin vergere 'to lean']

1. if similar things diverge, they develop in different ways and so are no longer similar:
The two species diverged millions of years ago.
Global growth rates are diverging markedly.

2. if opinions, interests etc diverge, they are different from each other
diverge from
Here his views diverged from hers.

3. if two lines or paths diverge, they separate and go in different directions Antonym : converge
—divergence noun [uncountable and countable]:
divergence between the US and Europe
—divergent adjective:
divergent views

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

diverge
verb
ADV. considerably, markedly, widely
PREP. from This country's interests diverge considerably from those of other European countries.

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