diverge
diverged; diverging; diverges
When two roads diverge, they split and go in different directions. If your opinion diverges from mine, we do not agree. To diverge means to move apart or be separate.
The poet, Robert Frost, wrote: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -/ I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference." The word diverge in the poem carries both the meaning of separating and of being apart from the main. As a poet, it was Frost's job to use words properly. Here he does not diverge from this role.
Definitions of diverge
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move or draw apart“The two paths diverge here”
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converge
move or draw together at a certain location
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branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
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arborise, arborize
branch out like trees
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twig
branch out in a twiglike manner
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bifurcate
divide into two branches
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trifurcate
divide into three
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type of:
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move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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converge
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extend in a different direction“The lines start to diverge here”“Their interests diverged”
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converge, meet
be adjacent or come together
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adjoin, contact, meet, touch
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
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divaricate
branch off
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bifurcate
split or divide into two
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converge, meet
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be at variance with; be out of line with
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have no limits as a mathematical series
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converge, meet
be adjacent or come together
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converge
approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
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adjoin, contact, meet, touch
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
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be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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converge, meet
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