The difference between Depart and Diverge

When used as verbs, depart means to leave, whereas diverge means to run apart.


Depart is also noun with the meaning: division.

check bellow for the other definitions of Depart and Diverge

  1. Depart as a verb (intransitive):

    To leave.

  2. Depart as a verb (intransitive):

    To set out on a journey.

  3. Depart as a verb (intransitive):

    To die.

  4. Depart as a verb (intransitive, figurative):

    To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.

  5. Depart as a verb (intransitive):

    To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.

    Examples:

    "His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat."

    "to depart from a title or defence in legal pleading"

  6. Depart as a verb (transitive):

    To go away from; to leave.

  7. Depart as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To divide up; to distribute, share.

  8. Depart as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To separate, part.

    Examples:

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  1. Depart as a noun (obsolete):

    Division; separation, as of compound substances.

  2. Depart as a noun (obsolete):

    A going away; departure.

  1. Diverge as a verb (intransitive, literally, of lines or paths):

    To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  4. 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."

  5. 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."