divagation vs turning

divagation and turning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
divagation	Yes	No	No	No
turning	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, turning is a hypernym of divagation; that is, turning is a word with a broader meaning than divagation:

Other hypernyms of divagation include turn.

divagation (noun)	turning (noun)
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)	the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
a message that departs from the main subject	act of changing in practice or custom
	the activity of shaping something on a lathe
	the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
	a movement in a new direction
	a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe