diverge

/da‍ɪvˈɜːd‍ʒ/

/dɪˈvɝdʒ/

to diverge

MAIN VERB

to move apart and continue in another direction

antonyms : converge

*** depart from (a set course or standard)

antonyms : converge

(of views, opinions, etc.) to be different from each other

synonyms : depart

antonyms : conform

have no limits as a mathematical series

antonyms : converge

Examples

1. So the spoken forms of Latin diverged quite easily.

2. Humans and chimpanzees only diverged 5 million years ago.

3. The inverse vanishes linearly, so the susceptibility diverges with unit exponent.

4. Populations diverge into new species!