verb

1. (of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

2. (of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

   “Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.”

3. (of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).

   “The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.”