1(of a road, route, or line) separate from another route and go in a different direction:the flight path diverged from the original flight plan figurativetheir ways had diverged at university (of an opinion, theory, or approach) differ:the coverage by the columnists diverged from that in the main news stories (as adjective diverging)diverging concepts of nation-building (
diverge from)
depart from (a set course or standard):suddenly he diverged from his text develop in a different direction:English Gothic architecture began to diverge from that on the Continent
2 Mathematics (of a series) increase indefinitely as more of its terms are added.
