Divests vs Diverts - What's the difference?
divests | diverts |
(divest)
(archaic) To undress, disrobe.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) (of) something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary
(divert)
To turn aside from a course.
* Milton
To distract.
To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
* C. J. Smith
(obsolete) To turn aside; to digress.
As verbs the difference between divests and diverts
is that divests is third-person singular of divest while diverts is third-person singular of divert.divests
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(head)divest
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(en verb)- Having divested the child he kissed her gently and gave her a little pat to make her stand off.
- You shall never divest me of my right to free speech.
- When I wake up, I make a point to divest myself of all my prejudices, ready to start the day.
- In 2011 the company divested an 81% majority stake in its Chinese subsidiary.
diverts
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(head)Anagrams
*divert
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(en verb)- The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
- that crude apple that diverted Eve
- Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
- We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
- I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. — Evelyn.