converge vs diverge
Definitions
verb
- be adjacent or come together
- approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
- move or draw together at a certain location
- come together so as to form a single product
Examples
Although Jameson is clear-eyed about the corrosive effects of modernity, his methodology nevertheless seemed to require his allegiance to secularization and to convergence theories of modernization; moreover, the acuity and insight of the readings produced by this methodology served to justify that faith a posteriori.
Finally, a political party is the convergence of a group of people based on their political ideals and ideologies.
Ms. Miller's imprisonment for civil contempt of court was less a perfect storm — to use one of the press 'hoarier clichés to characterize a grim convergence of unpleasant events — as it was a brownout, a distressing midsummer sign that a full power outage is on its way.
Definitions
verb
- move or draw apart
- have no limits as a mathematical series
- be at variance with; be out of line with
- extend in a different direction
Examples
He argues that the two main parties are no longer capable of holding together the divergent views within them.
Furthermore, functional and structural divergence might, in some cases, precede rather than follow gene duplication.
As you might have guessed we are not talking about an all-too-human Dana Plato, Todd Bridges or Corey-of-your-choice, but a fellow member of our family Hominidae who diverged from our species 6 million years ago.
