leeway vs divergence

leeway and divergence both are nouns.

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

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

leeway: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
divergence: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Other hypernyms of leeway include disagreement, discrepancy, variance.

leeway (noun)	divergence (noun)
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits	the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
(of a ship or plane) sideways drift	a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
	an infinite series that has no limit
	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm