Unbend vs Divert - What's the difference?
unbend | divert | Related terms |
To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen.
To remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.
* Shakespeare
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
To cast loose or untie, as a rope.
To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.
*1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI
*:He spent the afternoon shaping a swagger-stick from the branch of jarrah and talking with Miss La Rue, who had sufficiently unbent toward him to notice his existence.
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.
Unbend is a related term of divert.
As verbs the difference between unbend and divert
is that unbend is to free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen while divert is to turn aside from a course.unbend
English
Verb
- to unbend a bow
- to unbend the mind from study or care
- You do unbend your noble strength.
divert
English
Verb
(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.