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Divert vs Diverb - What's the difference?

divert | diverb |

As a verb divert

is to turn aside from a course.

As a noun diverb is

(obsolete) a proverb or set expression.

divert

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To turn aside from a course.
    • The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
  • * Milton
    • that crude apple that diverted Eve
  • To distract.
    • Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
  • To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
  • * C. J. Smith
    • We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
  • (obsolete) To turn aside; to digress.
    • I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. — Evelyn.

    Synonyms

    * (to lead away from a course) offlead

    Related terms

    * diversion * diversity * diverse

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    diverb

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A proverb or set expression.
  • *, II.2.4:
    • By this means you many define ex ungue leonem , as the diverb is, by his thumb alone the bigness of Hercules […].
  • (obsolete) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted.
  • * Burton
  • *:Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.
    • (Webster 1913)