Synonyms for Divergence

Synonyms for "divergence" (400 found)

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Noun(9 words)

deviation difference discrepancy bifurcating bifurcationsbranch pathbranchingchaos theorycourse deviation

aberrance aberrancy aberration abnormality abnormityabout faceabout-face accommodation adaptation adjustmentaesthetic distancealienation alteration amelioration amorphism anomalism anomalousness anomaly antagonism apostasy

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argumentation attenuationbad copybad likenessbend betterment biasbranching offbreachbreach of friendshipbreak broadcast broadcasting camouflage capriciousness changechange of heartchangeability changeableness choppiness circuitousness circumfusion clashing clearance cleavage cleft compass conceit conflictconstructive changecontinuity contradiction contrariety contrast controversy conversion corner crackpotism crank crankiness crankism crook crosswiseness crotchet crotchetiness curve dappleness declinationdeep spacedefection deflection

Strong matches (120)

deflexure degenerationdegenerative changedeparture deploymentdepths of spacederangement deterioration detour deviance deviancy deviation deviousness diagonality difference differentiation differentness differing diffraction diffusion

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Noun(17 words)

departure departuresdeviate weeklydeviationsdiffer fromdifference of opiniondisagreement disparities disparity dissimilarities distance distinction divergency driftage forking forksgo wrong

Verb(5 words)

deviate from expectationsdeviate from instructionsdeviate from the normdeviate from the plandeviating

Related words (200)

gradual changehairpin heterogeneity heteromorphism idiocrasy idiosyncrasy improvement inaccordance incommensurability incomparability incompatibility incongruity inconsistency inconsonance inconstancy indirection indirectness inequality inferiority infinity

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inharmoniousness inharmony instability irreconcilability irregularity jarring jerkiness kink leeway length licencelight yearlight-years makeup mannerism margin melioration mercurialitymere caricaturemileage mitigation mixture modification modulation monstrosity motleyness mutability negation nonconformism nonconformity nonstandardization nonuniformity obliqueness obliquity oddity oddsopen ruptureopposition oppugnancy otherness overthrow parsecs parting peculiarity peppering pererration perspective piece pluralismpoor imitationpropagation publication qualification queerness quip quirk quirkiness radiationradical changeraggedness rambling rangere creationre-creation reach realignmentrecall of ambassadorsredesign reform reformation remaking remoteness renewal repugnance reshaping restructuring reversal revival revivification revolution rift rupture scattering scatterment schism separateness separation sheer shift shiftingshifting courseshifting pathshotgun patternsingularity skew skewness slant sowing space span spattering splay split spread spreading sprinkling squint strangeness straying stretch strewing stride subnormalitysudden changesuperiority sweep swerve swerving swinging switch tack teratismtotal changetransition transverseness trick turn turnabout turning twist unconformism unconformity unconventionality unevenness unharmoniousness unlikeness unnaturalism unnaturalness unorthodoxy unresemblance unsameness unsimilarity unsteadiness upheaval vagary variability variance variation variegation variety variousness varying veer versatilityviolent changevolatilization wandering warp wavering way ways whim whimsicality whimsy worsening yaw zigzag

Noun(12 words)

mismatchesmore nonconservedramification schisms separation singularities splaying splitting swerves variance variances widening

Adjective(1 words)

public disagreement

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

differenceevolutionary processfluctuation separation seriesstatistical measurevariation

More specific

9 entries

Jensen-Shannon divergenceKullback-Leibler divergencebehavioral divergencecultural divergenceecological divergencegenetic divergencegeographic divergencelinguistic divergencetotal variation distance

Collocations

6 entries

cultural divergencedivergence timeevolutionary divergencegeographic divergencelinguistic divergencestatistical divergence

Inflections

1 entries

divergences

Derivations

3 entries

diverge divergent divergently

Antonyms

1 entries

convergence

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Here's my flag for Nynorsk. Because the philosophy of Nynorsk is based on the maximum divergence from Danish, Danish background of the flag is to be replaced with Icelandic, because Icelandic served as inspiration for the language creators. The flag is not rectangular in form, because... Well, that Nynorsk is strange after all.

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IMF's chief economist, Gita Gopinath, said labor markets in developing economies have been hit hardest by the pandemic. She said the large disparity in vaccine access and government support between richer and poorer countries is creating a "dangerous divergence in economic prospects."

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An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

Source: wiktionary

divergence of thought

Source: wiktionary

Divergence