diverge
/dai'və:dʤ/
Definition
- Verb (intransitive):
- To move or extend in different directions from a common point: To separate and go apart, often describing paths, lines, or routes that split.
- To differ or deviate: To become different in opinion, character, form, or course; to depart from a standard, norm, or previous path.
Usage
- To describe physical separation: Used when two or more things (like roads, lines, or beams) start to go in different directions.
- To describe conceptual or abstract separation: Used when opinions, interests, narratives, or mathematical sequences become different or deviate from each other or from an expected course.
Examples
- Physical Separation:
- The two hiking trails diverge at the old oak tree; one goes north, the other continues east.
- As the laser beam passes through the prism, the wavelengths diverge, creating a spectrum.
- Conceptual Separation:
- Our political views began to diverge significantly after the election.
- The witness's account diverges from the official police report on several key points.
Advanced Usage
- "Diverge from": To deviate or depart from a path, standard, or expectation.
- The film's plot diverges from the original novel in the second act.
- In mathematics: To fail to approach a finite limit. A series is said to diverge if its partial sums do not approach a specific value.
- The infinite series 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ... is known to diverge.
Variants and Related Words
- Divergence (noun): The process or state of diverging.
- There is a growing divergence in economic policies between the two countries.
- Divergent (adjective): Tending to be different or develop in different directions.
- The committee had divergent opinions on how to proceed.
Synonyms
- Branch: To divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- Deviate: To depart from an established course or norm.
- Differ: To be unlike or distinct in nature, form, or characteristics.
- Fork: To divide into two parts or branches (often used for roads or paths).
Antonyms
- Converge: To come together from different directions; to meet at a point.
- Merge: To combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.
- Agree: To have the same opinion; to be in harmony.
Related Phrases
- Diverge sharply/radically/widely: To differ in a very significant or extreme manner.
- The experimental results diverged sharply from our predictions.
Verb
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be at variance with; be out of line with
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extend in a different direction
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The lines start to diverge here
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Their interests diverged
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have no limits as a mathematical series
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move or draw apart
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The two paths diverge here
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