different between converge vs divergent

English

Etymology

From convergere, from con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n.?v??d?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d?

Verb

converge (third-person singular simple present converges, present participle converging, simple past and past participle converged)

1. (intransitive) Of two or more entities, to approach each other; to get closer and closer.
   • 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia

     The mountains converge into a single ridge.

2. (intransitive, mathematics) Of a sequence, to have a limit.
3. (intransitive, computing) Of an iterative process, to reach a stable end point.

Antonyms

• diverge

Derived terms

• convergence
• convergent

Related terms

• divergence

Translations

Anagrams

• Congreve

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.v???/

Verb

converge

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rd?e

Verb

converge

1. third-person singular present indicative of convergere

Latin

Verb

converge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of converg?

Romanian

Etymology

From French converger, from Latin convergere.

Verb

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

1. to converge

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

converge

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

English

Etymology

From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

divergent (comparative more divergent, superlative most divergent)

1. Growing further apart; diverging.
   • 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 47:

     Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.

2. (mathematics) Of a series, not converging; not approaching a limit.
3. Disagreeing from something given; differing.

   a divergent statement

4. Causing divergence of rays.

   a divergent lens

Related terms

• diverge
• converge

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• ridge vent

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin d?verg?ns.

Adjective

divergent (masculine and feminine plural divergents)

1. divergent

Related terms

• divergir

Further reading

• “divergent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “divergent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “divergent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “divergent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology 1

From Latin d?verg?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.v??.???/

Adjective

divergent (feminine singular divergente, masculine plural divergents, feminine plural divergentes)

1. divergent

Related terms

• diverger

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.v???/

Verb

divergent

1. third-person plural present indicative of diverger
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of diverger

Further reading

• “divergent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Latin divergens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?div?????nt]
• Hyphenation: di?ver?gent

Adjective

divergent (comparative divergenter, superlative am divergentesten)

1. divergent

Declension

Further reading

• “divergent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

d?vergent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of d?verge?

Romanian

Etymology

From French divergent

Adjective

divergent m or n (feminine singular divergent?, masculine plural divergen?i, feminine and neuter plural divergente)

1. divergent

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

divergent

1. divergent

   Antonym: konvergent

Declension