inflection vs divergence

inflection and divergence both are nouns.

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

As nouns, divergence is a hypernym of inflection; that is, divergence is a word with a broader meaning than inflection:

Other hypernyms of inflection include departure, deviation, difference.

inflection (noun)	divergence (noun)
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language	the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified	a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
deviation from a straight or normal course	an infinite series that has no limit
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm