difference vs divergence

difference and divergence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
difference	Yes	No	No	No
divergence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, divergence is a hyponym of difference; that is, divergence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than difference:

difference: the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
divergence: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Other hyponyms of difference include distinctness, otherness, separateness, differential, differentia, distinction, disagreement, discrepancy, variance, dissimilarity, unsimilarity, change, variety, inequality, unconstitutionality.

As nouns, difference and divergence are synonyms defined as:

difference and divergence: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

Other synonyms of difference include departure, deviation.

difference (noun)	divergence (noun)
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar	the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
a disagreement or argument about something important	a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm	an infinite series that has no limit
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
a significant change

difference vs divergence

difference and divergence both are nouns.

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