different between clash vs diverge

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic origin. Compare German klatschen (“to clap, smack, slap”) and Klatsch (“a clapping sound; the din resulting from two or more things colliding”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kla?/, /klæ?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /klæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

clash (countable and uncountable, plural clashes)

1. (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects.

   I heard a clash from the kitchen, and rushed in to find the cat had knocked over some pots and pans.

2. (military) A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
3. (sports) a match; a game between two sides.
4. An angry argument
5. Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.

   a clash of beliefs

   a personality clash

6. A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.

   She was wearing a horrible clash of red and orange.

7. (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
8. (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.

Translations

Verb

clash (third-person singular simple present clashes, present participle clashing, simple past and past participle clashed)

1. (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.

   The cymbals clashed.

2. (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
3. To come into violent conflict.

   Fans from opposing teams clashed on the streets after the game.

4. (intransitive) To argue angrily.

   My parents often clashed about minor things, such as the cleaning or shopping rota.

5. (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
6. (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.

   You can't wear that shirt! It clashes with your trousers.

   The hotel room was ugly, and the wallpaper clashed with the carpet.

7. (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.

   I can't come to your wedding because it clashes with a friend's funeral.

   I wanted to take German, but it clashed with art on the timetable.

8. (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.

Translations

Related terms

• clashy
• electroclash
• soundclash

Anagrams

• chals

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin d?verge? (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin d?- + verg? (“bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /da??v??d?/, /d??v??d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??v?d?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?

Verb

diverge (third-person singular simple present diverges, present participle diverging, simple past and past participle diverged)

1. (intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
   • 1916, Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken” (poem), in Mountain Interval:

     Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / […]

2. (intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 28:

     The brooding, black-clad singer bridged a stark divide that emerged in the recording industry in the 1950s, as post-Elvis pop singers diverged into two camps and audiences aligned themselves with either the sideburned rebels of rock 'n' roll or the cowboy-hatted twangsters of country music.

   Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.

3. (intransitive, literally, of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).

   The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.

4. (intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else) To become different, to separate (from another line or path).

   The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.

5. (intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.

   The sequence ${\displaystyle x_{n}=n^{2}}$ diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.

Antonyms

• converge

Derived terms

• divergence
• divergent

Translations

Anagrams

• grieved

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.v???/

Verb

diverge

1. first-person singular present indicative of diverger
2. third-person singular present indicative of diverger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of diverger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of diverger
5. second-person singular imperative of diverger

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rd?e

Verb

diverge

1. third-person singular present indicative of divergere

Latin

Verb

d?verg?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?verge?

Romanian

Etymology

From French diverger, from Latin divergere.

Verb

a diverge (third-person singular present diverge, past participle [please provide]) 3rd conj.

1. to diverge

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

diverge

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of divergir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of divergir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of divergir.