divert vs digress

divert and digress both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
divert	No	No	Yes	No
digress	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, digress is a hyponym of divert; that is, digress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than divert:

Other hyponyms of divert include yaw, detour, depart, sidetrack, straggle.

divert (verb)	digress (verb)
turn aside; turn away from	lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one	wander from a direct or straight course
withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion