| Main Entry: | divergence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | branching out; difference |
Synonyms: |
aberration, alteration, alterity, crotch, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, disagreeing, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divagation, divergency, diversity, division, fork, mutation, otherness, parting, radiation, ramification, separation, turning, unlikeness, variety, varying |
Antonyms: |
accord, agreement, concord, convergence, harmony, sameness |
| Concept: | [Motion further off] Divergence. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
divergence, divergency; divarication, ramification, forking; radiation; separation (disjunction); dispersion; deviation; aberration.
-verbs
diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse; deviate; part (separate).
-adjectives
diverging; divergent, radiant, centrifugal; aberrant.
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Antonyms: |
convergence |
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| Main Entry: | aberration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | different from that expected |
Synonyms: |
departure, deviation, difference, distortion, divergence, diversion, irregularity, lapse, straying, wandering |
Antonyms: |
conformity, sameness |
| Main Entry: | angle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape formed by two lines meeting at a point |
Synonyms: |
V, Y, bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, decline, divergence, dogleg, edge, elbow, flare, flection, flexure, fork, incline, intersection, knee, nook, notch, obliquity, point, slant, turn, turning, twist |
| Main Entry: | branch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm, limb |
Synonyms: |
bough, branchlet, bug, detour, divergence, extension, fork, growth, offshoot, prong, scion, shoot, spray, sprig, wing |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change from friendly to unfriendly relationship |
Synonyms: |
alienation, altercation, breach, clash, difference of opinion, disaffection, dispute, divergence, estrangement, fight, misunderstanding, rift, rupture, schism, separation, split, trouble |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
Synonyms: |
adverse, antithesis, comparison, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, converse, differentiation, disagreement, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, diversity, foil, heterogeneity, incompatibility, incongruousness, inconsistency, inequality, inverse, oppositeness, opposition, reverse, unlikeness, variance, variation |
Antonyms: |
agreement, conformity, copy, equality, facsimile, homogeneousness, likeness, similarity, uniformity, unity |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation from normal, expected |
Synonyms: |
aberration, branching off, branching out, change, declination, deflection, difference, digression, divergence, diversion, in thing, innovation, last word, latest thing, new wrinkle, novelty, rambling, shift, straying, turning, variance, variation, veering, wandering |
Antonyms: |
abidance, continuation, keeping, stay |
| Main Entry: | detour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect course |
Synonyms: |
alternate route, back road, branch, bypass, bypath, byway, circuit, circuitous route, circumbendibus, circumnavigation, circumvention, crotch, deviation, divergence, diversion, fork, roundabout way, runaround, secondary highway, service road, substitute, temporary route |
| Main Entry: | deviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, departure |
Synonyms: |
aberration, alteration, anomaly, breach, crotch, deflection, detour, difference, digression, discrepancy, disparity, divergence, diversion, fluctuation, fork, hereticism, inconsistency, irregularity, modification, shift, transgression, turning, variance, variation |
Antonyms: |
conformity, sameness, straightforwardness, uniformity |