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
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Depart as a verb (intransitive):
To leave.
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Depart as a verb (intransitive):
To set out on a journey.
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Depart as a verb (intransitive):
To die.
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Depart as a verb (intransitive, figurative):
To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
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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"
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Depart as a verb (transitive):
To go away from; to leave.
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Depart as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To divide up; to distribute, share.
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Depart as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To separate, part.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Depart as a noun (obsolete):
Division; separation, as of compound substances.
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Depart as a noun (obsolete):
A going away; departure.
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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."