different between diverging vs anabranch

English

Verb

diverging

1. present participle of diverge

Noun

diverging (plural divergings)

1. divergence
   • 1998, Franklin Burroughs, Billy Watson's Croker Sack (page 61)

     the deeper convergings and divergings of our own natures

English

Etymology

From ana- (“up, on”) +? branch.

Noun

anabranch (plural anabranches)

1. (hydrology, of a water channel) A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
   • 1834, Colonel Jackson, "Hints on the Subject of Geographical Arrangement and Nomenclature", in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume 4

     Such branches of a river as after separation reunite, I would term anastomosing branches; or, if a word might be coined, anabranches, and the islands they form branch islands.

Related terms

• anabranched
• anabranching

References

• National Weather Service (accessed 2010-03-23) , “Anabranch”, in Glossary?^[1], National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Further reading

• anabranch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia