Departing or receding from each other, as lines which proceed from the same point; opposed to convergent.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.
2. Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.
3. Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.
Dissimilarity Roget’s Thesaurus §18
N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude, unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance, divergence, variation, difference, novelty, originality, creativeness, oogamy
V. be unlike, vary, bear no resemblance to, differ toto coelo, render unlike, vary
Adj. dissimilar, unlike, disparate, divergent, of a different kind unmatched, unique, new, novel, unprecedented, original, nothing of the kind, no such thing, quite another thing, far from it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid, as like a dock as a daisy, "very like a whale", as different as chalk from cheese, as different as macedon and monmouth, lucus a non lucendo, diversified
Adv. otherwise
Phr. diis aliter visum, "no more like my father than i to hercules"
Disagreement Roget’s Thesaurus §24
N. disagreement, discord, discordance, dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy, unconformity, incongruity, incongruence, discongruity, mesalliance, jarring, dissension, conflict, bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle, disparity, mismatch, disproportion, dissimilitude, inequality, disproportionateness, variance, divergence, repugnance, unfitness, inaptitude, impropriety, inapplicability, inconsistency, inconcinnity, irrelevancy, misjoining, misjoinder, syncretism, intrusion, interference, concordia discors, fish out of water
V. disagree, clash, jar, interfere, intrude, come amiss, not concern, mismatch, humano capiti cervicem jungere equinam
Adj. disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, at war, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, exceptional, intrusive, incongruous, disproportionate, disproportionated, inharmonious, unharmonious, inconsonant, unconsonant, divergent, repugnant to, inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapplicable, not to the point, unfit, unfitting, unbefitting, unbecoming, ill-timed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible, inapposite, uncongenial, ill-assorted, ill-sorted, mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified, unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable, unsympathetic, out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element, at odds with, at variance with
Adv. in defiance, in contempt, in spite of, discordantly, a tort et a travers
Phr. asinus ad lyram, 1, simple quantity
Divergence Roget’s Thesaurus §291
N. divergence, divergency, divarication, ramification, forking, radiation, separation, dispersion, deviation, aberration
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