- diverging or causing divergence
- (of a series) having no limit; not convergent
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di•ver•gent /dɪˈvɜrdʒənt, daɪ-/USA pronunciation
adj. splitting off;
dividing;
separating:The two roads run parallel for a while, then become divergent. See -verg-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- differing;
disagreeing;
different;
conflicting:I tried to combine their divergent views.
dividing;
separating:The two roads run parallel for a while, then become divergent.
di•ver•gent
(di vûr′jənt, dī-),USA pronunciation adj.
di•ver′gent•ly, adv.
- diverging;
differing;
deviating. - pertaining to or causing divergence.
- Mathematics(of a mathematical expression) having no finite limits.
- Medieval Latin dīvergent- (stem of dīvergēns, present participle of dīvergere). See diverge, -ent
- 1690–1700
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divergent /daɪˈvɜːdʒənt/ adj
The use of divergent to mean different as in they hold widely divergent views is considered by some people to be incorrect
'divergent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
brachiate
- divergence
- divergent thinking
- pole
- tangent
- variance
- walleye
- aberrant
- Chuvash
- decouple
- different
- diglossia
- disparate
- divaricate
- diverse
- epigynous
- harmonic series
- Khanty
- Mansi
- Mixtec
- parallel
- plagiotropic
- tangential
- walleyed
- Zapotec
- summable
- summation method