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What is the difference between diverge and aberrate?

diverge | aberrate |

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)
  • (intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
  • * 1916 , :
  • Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both /
  • To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
  • Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
  • (intransitive, literally, of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
  • The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
  • To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
  • The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
  • Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
  • The sequence x_n = n^2 diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.

    Antonyms

    * converge

    Derived terms

    * divergence * divergent

    Anagrams

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    aberrate

    English

    Verb

    (aberrat)
  • (lbl) To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from); deviate from.
  • * (rfdate) De Quincey
  • Their own defective and aberrating vision.
  • (lbl) To distort; to cause aberration of.
  • Usage notes

    * The transitive sense is chiefly used in the past tense (as aberrated ).

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