diverge, v.
1 intr. a proceed in a different direction or in different directions from a point (diverging rays; the path diverges here). b take a different course or different courses (their interests diverged).
2 intr. a (often foll. by from) depart from a set course (diverged from the track; diverged from his parents' wishes). b differ markedly (they diverged as to the best course).
3 tr. cause to diverge; deflect.
4 intr. Math. (of a series) increase indefinitely as more of its terms are added.

Etymology

med.L divergere (as DI-(2), L vergere incline)

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THESAURUS

diverge

aberrate, agree to disagree, alter, ameliorate, angle, angle off, be changed, be converted into, be distinct, be distinguished, be renewed, bear off, bend, bestrew, bias, bottom out, branch off, branch out, break, break up, break with, broadcast, change, change the bearing, checker, chop, chop and change, circumfuse, clash with, come about, come around, come round, conflict with, contrast with, crook, curve, deal out, deflect, degenerate, depart, depart from, deploy, deteriorate, detour, deviate, deviate from, differ, differentiate, diffract, diffuse, digress, disaccord with, disagree, disagree with, disband, dispel, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, dissent, distort, distribute, disunify, divagate, divaricate, divaricate from, diverge from, diversify, divert, divide, dogleg, drift, excurse, fall out, fan out, flop, fork, go away, go off, go separate ways, hairpin, haul around, have a falling-out, heel, improve, issue, jar with, jibe, meliorate, mitigate, modulate, mutate, not accord with, not square with, oblique, outspread, overscatter, oversow, overspread, part, part company, propagate, publish, pull, radiate, ramble, ramify, refract, relieve, retail, revive, scatter, separate, sheer, shift, skew, slue, sow, sow broadcast, splay, split, split up, spread, spread out, stand apart, stand over against, stray, strew, subdivide, sway, swerve, tack, take a turn, trend, turn, turn aside, turn away, turn into, turn the corner, twist, undergo a change, utter, variate, variegate, vary, veer, wander, warp, worsen, zigzag

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ROGET THESAURUS

diverge

Variation

VB vary, deviate, diverge, alternate, swerve.

Deviation

VB alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.

Divergence

VB diverge, divaricate, radiate, ramify, branch off, glance off, file off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, spread, scatter, disperse, deviate, part.

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