different between divert vs diverb

English

Etymology

From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /da??v??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /da??v?t/, /d??v?t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Verb

divert (third-person singular simple present diverts, present participle diverting, simple past and past participle diverted)

1. (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
2. (transitive) To distract.
3. (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
   • 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated

     We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.

4. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.

   • I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.

Synonyms

• (to lead away from a course): offlead

Related terms

• diversion
• diversity
• diverse

Translations

Further reading

• divert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• divert in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• verdit

English

Etymology

Latin diverbium (“the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue”).

Noun

diverb (plural diverbs)

1. (obsolete) A proverb or set expression.
2. (obsolete) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted.

   • Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.

Anagrams

• verbid