What is the difference between diverge and aberrate?
diverge | aberrate |
(intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
* 1916 , :
To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
(intransitive, literally, of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
(lbl) To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from); deviate from.
* (rfdate) De Quincey
(lbl) To distort; to cause aberration of.
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As verbs the difference between diverge and aberrate
is that diverge is {{context|intransitive|literally|of lines or paths|lang=en}} to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions while aberrate is {{context|intransitive|lang=en}} to go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from); deviate from {{defdate|mid 18th century}}{{reference-book| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| editor =brown, lesley| others =| title = the shorter oxford english dictionary| origdate =| origyear = 1933| origmonth =| url =| format =| accessdate =| accessyear =| accessmonth =| edition = 5th| date =| year =2003| month =| publisher =oxford university press| location =oxford, uk| language =| id =| doi =| isbn =978-0-19-860575-7| lccn =| ol =| pages =4| chapter =| chapterurl =| quote =}}.diverge
English
Verb
(diverg)- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both /
- Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
- The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
- The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
- The sequence diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
Antonyms
* convergeDerived terms
* divergence * divergentAnagrams
* ----aberrate
English
Verb
(aberrat)- Their own defective and aberrating vision.