diverge

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To separate and go off in different directions.

   The two paths diverge just beyond the old oak tree.

2. 2
   verb

   To become different from one another.

   Both stories start the same way, but they diverge halfway through.

3. 3
   verb

   To differ from a standard or expectation.

   The software works well, except where its behavior diverges from what users expect.

From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).

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