Diverged vs Differentiated - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between diverged and differentiated

is that diverged is past tense of diverge while differentiated is past tense of differentiate.

that has taken on a specialized form and function.

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(diverge)

(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.

* converge

* divergence * divergent

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(differentiate)

(en adjective)

(biology, of a cell or tissue) That has taken on a specialized form and function

* undifferentiated