What's the difference between aside and divert?

Aside


Definition:

  • (adv.) On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.
  • (adv.) Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.
  • (adv.) So as to be heard by others; privately.
  • (n.) Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Why bother to put the investigators, prosecutors, judge, jury and me through this if one person can set justice aside, with the swipe of a pen.
  • (2) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
  • (3) Aside from typical nuclear spheroids, irregularly shaped nuclei were frequently seen, associated with increased nuclear folds, transitional stages between nuclear folds and nuclear spheroids were also present.
  • (4) Aside from cadaver knees, there has been only one report of a successful in vivo training model.
  • (5) The group set aside £3.2bn to cover PPI mis-selling in 2011.
  • (6) Aside from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness was on average often the first symptom and began at a mean age of 36 years.
  • (7) Everton announce plan for new stadium in nearby Walton Hall Park Read more The club has set aside £2.5m to commence work on the stadium should its funding proposals – that Elstone claims will give the council an annual profit – gain approval.
  • (8) What seems beyond doubt is that Koussa has long represented the old guard which for decades was close to Gaddafi, but which – if the Tripoli rumour mill is to be believed – has recently been pushed aside by Gaddafi's competing sons.
  • (9) 3) Aside from a high level of alkaline phosphatase, there were no notable abnormalities revealed in the biochemical blood tests.
  • (10) We’ve identified private accommodation that can be used to house refugees; we’ve set aside rented accommodation, university flats and unoccupied housing association homes for use by refugees.
  • (11) Aside from this mu-only phenotype, lines that make only light chain, both chains or no immunoglobulin-related polypeptides have also been found.
  • (12) So, all of her recent press- and liberal-friendly broadsides against Wall Street aside, Warren says she is still “not running for president” .
  • (13) Toxicity of both regimens was acceptable and comparable, aside from greater renal toxicity and more nausea and vomiting with FSM.
  • (14) Banks have been urged to pay compensation more quickly after figures showed that £1.9bn was paid last year – only a quarter of the amount set aside, as consumer group Which?
  • (15) Aside from the fact that it is intemperate and inaccurate, it is also libelous.
  • (16) One little aside - the average absolute surprise on the initial GDP release over the last six quarters (prior to today's number) was 0.4 percentage points.
  • (17) However, the home secretary has returned to the high court and asked Mr Justice Lloyd Jones to set aside the order.
  • (18) Aside from directly damaging the adult stage of N.brasiliensis and possibly leading to its elimination from the small intestine, free radicals may also damage intestinal cells, thereby contributing to the gut pathology characteristic of infection.
  • (19) They are standout talents of their generation and will provide a remarkable conclusion to what we all hope will be an incredible evening, with all profits benefiting Scotland’s children’s charities.” Hunter also plans to set aside some seats at the event for local young people.
  • (20) The Democratic US Senator for Maryland, Ben Cardin, tried to enlist the State Department's help but was brushed aside.

Divert


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.
  • (v. t.) To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor.
  • (v. i.) To turn aside; to digress.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
  • (2) Four patients had previously been diverted and the other six were reconstructed because of intractable incontinence or deteriorating renal function.
  • (3) These results suggest that energy obtained from succinate oxidation can be diverted from phosphorylation to support steroidogenesis.
  • (4) There is no evidence to support the move to seven-day services, there is no evidence of what is going to happen if we divert our resources away from the week to weekends.
  • (5) The Saudi-led war in Yemen launched in March – against Houthi rebels who the Saudis insist are backed by Iran – has diverted resources and underlined the priority being given to the Gulf’s unstable and impoverished backyard.
  • (6) As the historian of neoliberalism Philip Mirowski argues , what the past 30 years have been about is using the powers of the state to divert more resources to the wealthy.
  • (7) All the money is to be diverted from existing aid money.
  • (8) As arousal level increases, so does selectivity, and attention is diverted away from irrelevant task components.
  • (9) These results suggest that diallyl sulfide acts by conjugating the toxic metabolites of cyclophosphamide, thereby limiting their systemic circulation and diverting their route of excretion from the urine.
  • (10) Arguably the national interest would have been better served if some of that dividend cash had been diverted to research that would produce new technologies, and new jobs, 10 years from now.
  • (11) But Clarke said he would not be diverted by “kneejerk short-term decisions” and “gimmicks”.
  • (12) Apple has used the month of January to launch revolutionary products before, in part as a way of diverting attention from its rivals presenting their latest inventions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which Apple does not attend, and that takes place the same month.
  • (13) These diverted contributions mean you will receive a smaller state pension.
  • (14) He learned many of the other crucial skills that were either lacking, or absent: the ability to point, and imitate; the habit of commenting on his surroundings; how to divert his energy away from tantrums into productive activity.
  • (15) While Goma did not experience the worst of the fighting, the M23 movement diverted government funds away from the provision of basic services and shattered hopes of a lasting peace.
  • (16) It was demonstrated that an increasing fraction of flow was diverted to the mucosa-submucosa with enhanced total intestinal blood flow.
  • (17) The government has indicated that funding for the replacement service will come from money diverted from the BBC licence fee, a controversial move strongly resisted by the corporation.
  • (18) One columnist for the state agency RIA Novosti said the whole scandal was a “tried and tested American method of brain control” to divert attention from allegations of NSA spying.
  • (19) He took a few touches and then tried to batter a shot past Mignolet at his near post but the Belgian stayed strong and managed to divert it over the bar!
  • (20) Treatment consisted of celiotomy (52), diverting colostomy (51), presacral drains (35), rectal stump irrigation (26), and primary closure (1).