| VERB | motion | diverge | move or draw apart / apart |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | diverge | have no limits as a mathematical series | |
| stative | diverge | extend in a different direction | |
| stative | diverge, deviate, vary, depart | be at variance with |
| Sounds | dihver'jh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | converge ... verge: 16 rhymes with erjh... | |
| Meaning | Move or draw apart / apart. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The two paths diverge here" | |
| Narrower | branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Opposite | converge | Move or draw together at a certain location |
| Spanish | divergir, separar | |
| Catalan | divergir | |
| Adjectives | divergent | tending to move apart in different directions |
| Nouns | divergence, divergency | the act of moving away in different direction from a common point |
| Meaning | Have no limits as a mathematical series. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Category | mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Opposite | converge, meet | Be adjacent or come together |
| converge | approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit | |
| Spanish | divergir | |
| Catalan | divergir | |
| Nouns | divergence, divergency | an infinite series that has no limit |
| Meaning | Extend in a different direction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | bifurcate | Split or divide into two |
| divaricate | Branch off | |
| Opposite | converge, meet | Be adjacent or come together |
| Spanish | divergir | |
| Catalan | divergir | |
| Adjectives | divergent | tending to move apart in different directions |
| Nouns | divergency | the act of moving away in different direction from a common point |
| Meaning | Be at variance with; be out of line with. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | deviate, vary, depart | |
| Narrower | aberrate | diverge or deviate from the straight path |
| aberrate | diverge from the expected | |
| contradict, belie, negate | Be in contradiction with | |
| Broader | differ | Be different |
| Opposite | conform | Be similar, be in line with |
| Spanish | desviar, divergir, variar | |
| Catalan | divergir, variar | |
| Adjectives | divergent | diverging from another or from a standard |
| Nouns | divergence | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm |
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