diverge

Verb

Verb Forms: diverged, diverging, diverges

• To move or extend in different directions from a common point.
• move or draw apart
  • "The two paths diverge here"
• have no limits as a mathematical series
• extend in a different direction
  • "The lines start to diverge here"
  • "Their interests diverged"
• be at variance with; be out of line with
• To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
• To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
• To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
• To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
• Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.

Examples

• Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
• The sequence a#95;n#61;(-1)ⁿ diverges; it keeps oscillating between -1 and 1.
• The sequence x#95;n#61;n² diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
• The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
• The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
• Their strategies began to DIVERGE as the Words With Friends board filled up.

Synonyms

depart, deviate, vary

Antonyms

conform, converge