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Divergence

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Narrower term 11

Allowance 76% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Discrepancy 76% connected

The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

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Driftage 76% connected

Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

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Flection 76% connected

The act of bending, or state of being bent.

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Flexion 76% connected

The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

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Inflection 76% connected

The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

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Leeway 76% connected

The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

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Margin 76% connected

A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

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Tolerance 76% connected

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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Variance 76% connected

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

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Variant 76% connected

Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

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Difference 76% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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Fluctuation 76% connected

A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.

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Separation 76% connected

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Variation 76% connected

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…

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Diverge 74% connected

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…

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Diverge 74% connected

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…

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Divergent 74% connected

Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

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Divergent 74% connected

Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

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Vary 74% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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Vary 74% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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Synonym 7

Departure 92% connected

Division; separation; putting away.

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Deviation 92% connected

The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or…

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Difference 92% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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Disagreement 92% connected

The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

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Discrepancy 92% connected

The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

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Divergency 92% connected

A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

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Variance 92% connected

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

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