divergent

diverge | American Dictionary

diverge
verb[ I ]
us/dɪˈvɜrdʒ, dɑɪ-/
to go in different directions from the same point, or to become different:
The tone of the final report isn’t likely to diverge much from the earlier report.

diverge | Business English

diverge
verb[ I ]
 ECONOMICS, FINANCEuk /daɪˈvɜːdʒ/us
if rates, values, or amounts diverge, the difference between them increases:
Tracking errors can cause funds to diverge slightly from the indices they follow.
diverge sharply/widely/significantly
to be very different, or to develop in different or unexpected ways:
diverge on/about sthOpinions diverge on whether the new CEO will be able to restore the company's reputation and profitability.
Firms should be allowed to diverge from their sector's pay deal if two-thirds of employees are in favour.

Examples of diverge

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Thus, the speeds and phases of the two streams will diverge.
In the case of an axially symmetric vortex, the newly formed dipoles diverge in arbitrary directions, whereas here it is predetermined by the initial configuration.
There are diverging results on age of onset of gender marking and on erroneous gender marking of indefinite and definite articles.
The two views also diverge somewhat with respect to neuroanatomy.
None of the simplified approaches gives a picture of plasma evolution that does not diverge over time from the real plasma macroscopic evolution.
When at rest the wings slightly diverge and are elevated at a considerable angle above the thorax and abdomen.
Thus, the picture that emerges from this analysis diverges from earlier research in many important ways.
Our ancestries are separated by at least a billion years, during which time our respective genetic determinants of ageing are likely to have diverged dramatically.
Comparable units (bridge : future, men : wolves) partially converge and partially diverge, exhibiting "fractional congruence" - by-degrees likeness-unlikeness between text-partials.
Definitions are drawn from existing theories when possible, but may diverge where alignment among theories is needed.
For chaotic systems, even states that are infinitesimally different in their initial specifications will, with some degree of rapidity, diverge in their future evolutions.
Facial suture with strongly diverging anterior branch, strongly curved toward axis when reaching anterior border.
Forms that diverge are devalued by the dominant ideologies.
One fears, then, that the direction of its meaning will diverge in future cases from the direction of the justifications.
Slight variations in resource procurement and / or paste preparation may be inferred to have caused them to diverge from the reference-group profiles.
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