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Divergence vs Incongruity - What's the difference?

divergence | incongruity |

As nouns the difference between divergence and incongruity

is that divergence is the degree to which two or more things diverge while incongruity is the state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.

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 ----

    incongruity

    English

    Noun

    (incongruities)
  • The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
  • An instance or point of disagreement; a dissimilarity; a discrepancy; an inconsistency.
  • A thing that is incongruous.

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