Divergent vs. Different

Divergentadjective

Growing further apart; diverging.

Differentadjective

Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

Divergentadjective

(mathematics) Of a series, not converging; not approaching a limit.

Differentadjective

Various, assorted, diverse.

Divergentadjective

Disagreeing from something given; differing.

‘a divergent statement’;

Differentadjective

Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.

‘Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.’;

Divergentadjective

Causing divergence of rays.

‘a divergent lens’;

Differentadjective

Unlike most others; unusual.

Divergentadjective

Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; - opposed to convergent.

Differentnoun

(mathematics) The different ideal.

Divergentadjective

Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.

Differentadjective

Distinct; separate; not the same; other.

Divergentadjective

Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.

Differentadjective

Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.

‘Men are as different from each other, as the regions in which they are born are different.’;

Divergentadjective

diverging from another or from a standard;

‘a divergent opinion’;

Differentadjective

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree;

‘took different approaches to the problem’; ‘came to a different conclusion’; ‘different parts of the country’; ‘on different sides of the issue’; ‘this meeting was different from the earlier one’;

Divergentadjective

tending to move apart in different directions

Differentadjective

distinctly separate from the first;

‘that's another (or different) issue altogether’;

Differentadjective

differing from all others; not ordinary;

‘advertising that strives continually to be different’; ‘this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it’;

Differentadjective

not like; marked by dissimilarity;

‘for twins they are very unlike’; ‘people are profoundly different’;

Differentadjective

distinct or separate;

‘each interviewed different members of the community’;

Differentadjective

not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality

‘you can play this game in different ways’; ‘the car is different from anything else on the market’;

Differentadjective

novel and unusual

‘try something deliciously different’;

Differentadjective

distinct; separate

‘on two different occasions’;