divergency
81excursion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. expedition, trip, sally, tour, outing, journey, jaunt; digression, deviation, travel. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jaunt, outing, trip, tour; see journey . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. trip, journey,… …
82schism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disjunction, division, dissent, separation, split; heterodoxy; factionalism, faction, sect, subdivision. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. split, section, cabal, sect; see division 2 , faction 1 . III (Roget s… …
83tangent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. divergence, deviation. adj. touching (see contact). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. touching, tangential, in contact; see contiguous . • go off on a tangent, Syn. swerve, get off course, get off the… …
84variety — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. variation, diversity, difference; assortment; kind, class; brand; multifariousness; vaudeville. See mixture, drama. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Quality or state of being diverse] Syn. diversity, change,… …
85digression — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deviation, diversion, divergence, excursus, departure, tangent, aside, wandering, divagation, rambling, straying, circumlocution, parenthesis, apostrophe, going off on a tangent; see also variation 1 . II (Roget s 3… …
86disunion — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Dissension] Syn. dissidence, discord, alienation, disunity; see disagreement 1 . 2. [Separation] Syn. disconnection, partition, detachment; see division 1 , separation 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act or an… …
87excursus — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A supplemental discussion] Syn. essay, dissertation, summary; see appendix , discussion 2 , exposition 2 . 2. [A digression] Syn. wandering, aside, deviation, excursion; see digression . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An… …
88parenthesis — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brackets, braces, enclosure, punctuation marks, crotchets; see also punctuation . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An instance of digressing: aside, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, excursion,… …
89discrepance — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition of being unlike or dissimilar: difference, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divarication, divergence, divergency, unlikeness. See SAME. 2. A marked lack of… …
90dissimilitude — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being unlike or dissimilar: difference, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, divarication, divergence, divergency, unlikeness. See SAME …
