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divergent

Adjective

IPA /daɪˈvɜːdʒənt/

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Different from one another, especially when opinions, interests or developments have moved in separate directions.

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divergent/daɪˈvɜːdʒənt/

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The sisters had divergent ideas about how to decorate their shared room.
Our research groups reached divergent conclusions from similar sets of data.

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divergent — Different from one another, especially when opinions, interests or developments have moved in separate directions.

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Different from one another, especially when opinions, interests or developments have moved in separate directions.

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From modern Latin divergent-, from divergere, meaning to move in different directions.

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Divergent opinions and divergent paths both suggest separation from a shared position or starting point.

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