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Verb: diverge  di'vurj
  1. Move or draw apart
    "The two paths diverge here"
     
  2. Have no limits as a mathematical series
     
  3. Extend in a different direction
    "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"
     
  4. Be at variance with; be out of line with
    - deviate, vary, depart

Derived forms: diverged, diverges, diverging

See also: divergence, divergency, divergent

Type of: be, differ, move

Antonym: converge

Encyclopedia: Diverge