divergence vs variance

divergence and variance both are nouns.

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

As nouns, divergence and variance are synonyms defined as:

divergence and variance: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Other synonyms of divergence include disagreement, discrepancy.

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

Other hyponyms of divergence include discrepancy, variant, driftage, flection, flexion, inflection.

divergence (noun)	variance (noun)
the act of moving away in different direction from a common point	an activity that varies from a norm or standard
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions	an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
an infinite series that has no limit	a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm	the quality of being subject to variation
	the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
	discord that splits a group
	an event that departs from expectations