diverge
Go separate ways
To diverge is to move apart from a common point or path.
Roads diverge at a fork; opinions diverge in debate.
The word implies separation from something shared—a route, a standard, an expected course: Our views diverge on this issue.
Diverge can also mean to depart from a norm or convention: The film diverges from the novel in its ending.
Wander from course
- wanderMove without fixed direction
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- digressStray from the topic
- departLeave a place
swerve · veer · deviate · tangent · detour · diversion · departure · meander
Separation into parts
- forkTined eating tool
- branchDivision or woody limb
- bifurcateDivide into two branches
- partPiece of whole
separate · divide · disjoin · disconnect · detach · sever · cleave · sunder
Hold a contrary opinion
- differBe unlike another
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
contrast · conflict · oppose · deviate · part ways · discord · contention · division
To show differences
- differBe unlike another
- contrastNotable difference between things
- deviateTurn from course
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
distinction · discrepancy · variation · dissimilarity · inconsistency · differentiate · diversify · heterogeneity
Formation of distinct species
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- lineageDescent from progenitors
adaptation · ancestor · descendant · natural selection · mutation · differentiation · isolation · subspecies
veer
Change course suddenly
deviate · turn · bend · curve · angle · route · trajectory · bearing · course · path
stray
Wander from course
depart · swerve · veer · deviate · tangent · detour · diversion · departure · meander · err
split
Separation into parts
part · separate · divide · disjoin · disconnect · detach · sever · cleave · sunder · dissociate
disagree
Hold a contrary opinion
clash · contrast · conflict · oppose · deviate · part ways · discord · contention · division · schism
vary
To show differences
disparity · distinction · discrepancy · variation · dissimilarity · inconsistency · differentiate · diversify · heterogeneity · departure
speciation
Formation of distinct species
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
lineage · adaptation · ancestor · descendant · natural selection · mutation · differentiation · isolation · subspecies · clade
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- math verbsadd, adds, subtract, subtracts, multiply
- Off Tracklost, detour, tangent, sidetrack, digression
- road featurescurve, bend, straightaway, stretch, junction
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- separationsseparate, split, break up, parting, sever
- divergent thinkingProducing varied ideas freely
- divergent timelineAlternate sequence of events
divergence, divergent, diverged, diverging, diverges, divergences, divergently, divergency, diverger