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converge, diverge
converge (kuhn VURJ) (verb)
To move towards a common point or point of interest: The two lanes of the highway will converge at the edge of the city.

During their discussion, the two members of the debate team realized that their views on the subject did in fact converge.

diverge (di VURJ, digh VURJ) (verb)
To move away from a common point or point of agreement: Watching the road signs carefully, the driver noticed that the lanes of the highway would diverge at the intersection, one lane leading to the countryside.

Realizing that our thoughts would diverge on the issue of the consequence for highway speeding, we decided to drop the subject.

Rather than having their travel program diverge from the original plan, Wade and Austin decided to converge in the next town and have lunch before continuing any farther.

diverge (verb), diverges; diverged; diverging
1. To proceed in different directions from a point or from each other; as with lines, rays of light, etc.; the opposite of converge.
2. To take different courses; to turn off from a track or course; to differ in opinion or character; to deviate from a typical form or normal state.
3. In mathematics, said of an infinite series the sum of which increases indefinitely as the number of terms is increased.
4. To cause (lines or rays) to branch off in different directions; to make divergent, to deflect.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
—Robert Frost
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(Latin: fork, diverge, angle, split into two parts or branches)
(Latin: marked with the palm of the hand; adorned with palm leaves; used primarily in the sense of "having five lobes that diverge from a common center" [as fingers from an open palm])