Intersect vs Diverge - What's the difference?
intersect | diverge |
To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.
* Cowper
(mathematics) of two sets, to have at least one element in common
(intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
* 1916 , :
To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
(intransitive, literally, of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
As verbs the difference between intersect and diverge
is that intersect is to cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts while diverge is to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.intersect
English
Verb
(en verb)- Parallel lines don't intersect .
- Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the centre.
- Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other.
External links
* * *diverge
English
Verb
(diverg)- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both /
- Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
- The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
- The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
- The sequence diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.