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Divergence vs Dividing - What's the difference?

divergence | dividing |

As nouns the difference between divergence and dividing

is that divergence is the degree to which two or more things diverge while dividing is an act of division.

As an adjective dividing is

serving to divide or separate.

As a verb dividing is

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divergence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The degree to which two or more things diverge.
    • an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines
  • (mathematics) the operator which maps a function F''=(''F''1, ... ''F''''n'') from a ''n -dimensional vector space to itself to the number \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_i}
  • (obsolete) disagreement; difference
  • * Sir G. C. Lewis
    • Related with some divergence by other writers.

    Synonyms

    * (mathematical operator) ** div **

    Antonyms

    * convergence

    Related terms

    * diverge * divergent

    References

    * OED2 ----

    dividing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Serving to divide or separate.
    • We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.

    Verb

    (head)
    • Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of division.
  • * 1840 , Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
    • Hence the noun also means dividing'', or portion as that which is ''divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.