'Divergence' definitions:
Definition of 'divergence'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines" [syn: divergence, divergency]
noun
A variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference]
noun
noun
A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance]
Definition of 'Divergence'
From: GCIDE
- Divergence \Di*ver"gence\, Divergency \Di*ver"gen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. divergence.]
- 1. A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines. [1913 Webster]
- Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency. --??????. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disagreement; difference. [1913 Webster]
- Related with some divergence by other writers. --Sir G. C. Lewis. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'divergence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrance,
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- abnormality,
- abnormity,
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- aesthetic distance,
- alienation,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- amorphism,
- anomalism,
- anomalousness,
- anomaly,
- antagonism,
- apostasy,
- argumentation,
- attenuation,
- bad copy,
- bad likeness,
- bend,
- betterment,
- bias,
- branching off,
- breach,
- breach of friendship,
- break,
- broadcast,
- broadcasting,
- camouflage,
- capriciousness,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeability,
- changeableness,
- choppiness,
- circuitousness,
- circumfusion,
- clashing,
- clearance,
- cleavage,
- cleft,
- compass,
- conceit,
- conflict,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- contradiction,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- controversy,
- conversion,
- corner,
- crackpotism,
- crank,
- crankiness,
- crankism,
- crook,
- crosswiseness,
- crotchet,
- crotchetiness,
- curve,
- dappleness,
- declination,
- deep space,
- defection,
- deflection,
- deflexure,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- departure,
- depths of space,
- derangement,
- deterioration,
- detour,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviation,
- deviousness,
- diagonality,
- difference,
- differentiation,
- differentness,
- differing,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- digression,
- dilution,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disaffection,
- disagreeing,
- disagreement,
- disconformity,
- discongruity,
- discontinuity,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- discrepancy,
- discreteness,
- discursion,
- disfavor,
- disguise,
- disharmony,
- disorder,
- disparity,
- dispensation,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- disruption,
- dissemblance,
- dissemination,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissidence,
- dissimilarity,
- dissimilation,
- dissimilitude,
- dissipation,
- dissonance,
- distance,
- distinction,
- distinctness,
- distribution,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divagation,
- divarication,
- divergency,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- dividedness,
- division,
- dogleg,
- dottiness,
- double,
- drift,
- drifting,
- eccentricity,
- errantry,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- estrangement,
- evaporation,
- excursion,
- excursus,
- exorbitation,
- expansion,
- extent,
- faction,
- falling-out,
- far cry,
- farness,
- fitting,
- flip-flop,
- fragmentation,
- freakiness,
- freakishness,
- gradual change,
- hairpin,
- heterogeneity,
- heteromorphism,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- improvement,
- inaccordance,
- incommensurability,
- incomparability,
- incompatibility,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- inconstancy,
- indirection,
- indirectness,
- inequality,
- inferiority,
- infinity,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- instability,
- irreconcilability,
- irregularity,
- jarring,
- jerkiness,
- kink,
- leeway,
- length,
- light-years,
- makeup,
- mannerism,
- margin,
- melioration,
- mercuriality,
- mere caricature,
- mileage,
- mitigation,
- mixture,
- modification,
- modulation,
- monstrosity,
- motleyness,
- mutability,
- negation,
- nonconformism,
- nonconformity,
- nonstandardization,
- nonuniformity,
- obliqueness,
- obliquity,
- oddity,
- odds,
- open rupture,
- opposition,
- oppugnancy,
- otherness,
- overthrow,
- parsecs,
- parting,
- peculiarity,
- peppering,
- pererration,
- perspective,
- piece,
- pluralism,
- poor imitation,
- propagation,
- publication,
- qualification,
- queerness,
- quip,
- quirk,
- quirkiness,
- radiation,
- radical change,
- raggedness,
- rambling,
- range,
- re-creation,
- reach,
- realignment,
- recall of ambassadors,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- remaking,
- remoteness,
- renewal,
- repugnance,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- rift,
- rupture,
- scattering,
- scatterment,
- schism,
- separateness,
- separation,
- sheer,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shifting course,
- shifting path,
- shotgun pattern,
- singularity,
- skew,
- skewness,
- slant,
- sowing,
- space,
- span,
- spattering,
- splay,
- split,
- spread,
- spreading,
- sprinkling,
- squint,
- strangeness,
- straying,
- stretch,
- strewing,
- stride,
- subnormality,
- sudden change,
- superiority,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swerving,
- swinging,
- switch,
- tack,
- teratism,
- total change,
- transition,
- transverseness,
- trick,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- turning,
- twist,
- unconformism,
- unconformity,
- unconventionality,
- unevenness,
- unharmoniousness,
- unlikeness,
- unnaturalism,
- unnaturalness,
- unorthodoxy,
- unresemblance,
- unsameness,
- unsimilarity,
- unsteadiness,
- upheaval,
- vagary,
- variability,
- variance,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- variousness,
- varying,
- veer,
- versatility,
- violent change,
- volatilization,
- wandering,
- warp,
- wavering,
- way,
- ways,
- whim,
- whimsicality,
- whimsy,
- worsening,
- yaw,
- zigzag