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Offload vs Diverge - What's the difference?

offload | diverge |

As verbs the difference between offload and diverge

is that offload is to unload while diverge is to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

As a noun offload

is the act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.

offload

English

Alternative forms

* off-load

Verb

(en verb)
  • to unload
  • to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else
    • He offloaded the defective car onto an unsuspecting buyer.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.
  • * 2013 , Bertrand Dufrasne, ?Bruno Anderson Barbosa, ?Peter Cronauer, IBM System Storage DS8870 Architecture and Implementation
    • For environments that do not allow FTP traffic out to the Internet, the DS8870 also supports offload of data by using SSL security.
  • (rugby) The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 16, author=Ben Dirs, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan, work=BBC Sport citation
    • , passage=Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.}}

    diverge

    English

    Verb

    (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.

    Antonyms

    * converge

    Derived terms

    * divergence * divergent

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