divergent thinking vs thought

divergent thinking and thought both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
divergent thinking	Yes	No	No	No
thought	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, thought is a hypernym of divergent thinking; that is, thought is a word with a broader meaning than divergent thinking:

divergent thinking: thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity
thought: the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

Other hypernyms of divergent thinking include cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process.

divergent thinking (noun)	thought (noun)
thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity	the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
	the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
	the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
	a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty