The difference between Concur and Diverge
When used as verbs, concur means to unite or agree (in action or opinion), whereas diverge means to run apart.
check bellow for the other definitions of Concur and Diverge
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Concur as a verb:
To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
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Concur as a verb:
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
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Concur as a verb (obsolete):
To run together; to meet.
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Concur as a verb (rare):
To converge.
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Diverge as a verb (intransitive, literally, of lines or paths):
To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
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Diverge as a verb (intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else):
To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
Examples:
"Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through."
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Diverge as a verb (intransitive, literally, of a line or path):
To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
Examples:
"The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north."
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Diverge as a verb (intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else):
To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
Examples:
"The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations."
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Diverge as a verb (intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function):
Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
Examples:
"The sequence <math>x_n = n^2</math> diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound."