divergence

Other forms of divergence

plural

divergences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about divergence

What does divergence mean?

divergence means "the act of moving away in different direction from a common point". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in divergence?

divergence has 3 syllables: di-ver-gence. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /daɪˈvɝdʒəns/.

What is another word for divergence?

Close synonyms include divergency, deviation, departure, difference, divergency. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of divergence?

The recorded antonyms are convergence.

Is divergence a common word?

divergence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with divergence?

1 word rhymes with divergence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.