What's the difference between diverge and verge?

Diverge


Definition:

  • (v. i.) 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 deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.
  • (v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
  • (2) The primary afferent fibers diverge in the brainstem into a short ascending and a long descending tract.
  • (3) Sires of the cows had been divergently selected on yearling weight (YW) and total maternal (MAT) EPD to form four groups: high YW, high MAT EPD; high YW, low MAT EPD; low YW, high MAT EPD; and low YW, low MAT EPD.
  • (4) The region is distinctive in that the sequence is absent from the homologous domain of the erythroid alpha chain and diverges from the normal internal repeat structure observed throughout other spectrins.
  • (5) Eye movements of convergence and divergence were recorded by a limbus tracker.
  • (6) The process of vectorial repeat addition continued in two platyrrhine sublineages after their divergence from each other.
  • (7) In this paper, we have characterized new and divergent EF-C binding sites in several viral regulatory regions.
  • (8) We propose that BGP I diverged from NCA by acquiring an immunoglobulin-like domain substantially different from the domains found in NCA or CEA and also a new cytoplasmic domain.
  • (9) We present a comparison of the Canadian and American data on expenditures, identifying the sectors in which the experience of the two nations diverges most, and describing the processes of control.
  • (10) Cognate sites in genomes that diverged approximately 100 million years ago can be detected by PCR assays based on primer pairs from unique sequences.
  • (11) The sequences in the 5'-flanking region of the alpha- and beta-MYHC-encoding genes diverge extensively from one another, suggesting that expression of the alpha- and beta-MYHC genes is independently regulated.
  • (12) This article examines the history of Dr. Crozat and his appliance, discusses the development and divergence in its use, and demonstrates this divergence with a few selected, documented case reports.
  • (13) Species of the genera Saccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, Debaryomyces and Schwanniomyces were compared from their extent of divergence in three regions from small (18S) and large (25S) subunit ribosomal RNAs comprising a total of 900 nucleotides.
  • (14) In order to obtain probes for the analysis of RPE development from its earliest divergence from the neural retina to late stages of differentiation, we have developed a panel of monoclonal antibodies which recognize antigens specific to the RPE.
  • (15) The 18S data provide the principal signal that supports the more basal divergences, but the data do not unambiguously address relationships among taxa in the clade that includes most colonial flagellates and Chlamydomonas taxa representative of the Euchlamydomonas group (sensu Ettl).
  • (16) The developed apparatus included ultrasonic generators operating at a frequency of 0.5-3 MHz, piezoceramic radiators of various design providing the heating of an object with convergent, divergent and plane ultrasonic waves, thermoprobes in the form of single or multiple thermocouples with the bends from 5 points at a 5 mm distance from one another, temperature meters and various auxiliaries.
  • (17) The C. elegans core histone genes are organized as divergently transcribed pairs of H3-H4 and H2A-H2B and contain 5' conserved sequence elements in the shared spacer regions.
  • (18) The sequence data of the 3' terminus of the alpha-3 genomic clone suggests that it encodes for a divergent alpha-tubulin, and it most probably corresponds to the testis-specific gene.
  • (19) We have systematically analyzed the promoter-regulatory elements of the human and bovine alpha-subunit genes to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying their divergent patterns of tissue-specific expression.
  • (20) These results support a hypothesis which proposes that ancestral SIN virus diverged into two distinct groups.

Verge


Definition:

  • (n.) A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.
  • (n.) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
  • (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.
  • (n.) A virgate; a yardland.
  • (n.) A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent.
  • (n.) A circumference; a circle; a ring.
  • (n.) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
  • (n.) The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
  • (n.) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.
  • (n.) The edge or outside of a bed or border.
  • (n.) A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre.
  • (n.) The penis.
  • (n.) The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
  • (v. i.) To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach.
  • (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On proctoscopic examination, an anal remnant, measuring approximately 3 cm from the anal verge, could be demonstrated.
  • (2) The 85-year-old ex-president, who has been on the verge of death according to his lawyer, sat in a wheelchair next to his two sons, who are being tried in a separate corruption-related case.
  • (3) He is the embodiment of the belief that money and power provide a licence to impose one’s will on others, whether that entitlement is expressed by grabbing women or grabbing the finite resources from a planet on the verge of catastrophic warming.
  • (4) We know that in England there are trusts that are on the verge of bankruptcy and 4,500 nurses have been made redundant .
  • (5) What publicity the chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat could attract outside his homeland was only ever condemnatory, and his political career, barely begun, appeared on the verge of oblivion.
  • (6) The national football team were on the verge of a 1974 World Cup place and controversially finished second to Haiti, after losing 2-1 despite scoring five goals – four of which were disallowed – against the hosts in a qualifying tournament staged by the Haitians.
  • (7) The White House is on the verge of a dramatic political victory in Congress after a flurry of last-minute endorsements for its Iran nuclear deal put Democrats within sight of enough votes to spare Barack Obama from needing to veto a motion of disapproval from Congress.
  • (8) In 36 of 41 patients (88%) undergoing a right hemicolectomy, the adenomatous polyp(s) was found within 65 cm from the anal verge.
  • (9) We hope he performs as well as he has always done.” Away from Suárez, Lionel Messi is on the verge of making La Liga history as he sits just one goal behind Telmo Zarra’s record of 251.
  • (10) In patients with Dukes' B tumours, an increased risk of loco-regional recurrence was associated with perineural invasion, tumour located less than 10 cm from the anal verge, patient aged above 70 years, and small tumour size.
  • (11) We report our experience of this technique in six elderly patients (mean age 74 years) with large villous adenomas, situated between 2 and 12 cm from the anal verge.
  • (12) I have played a season with Aston Villa which was a hard season but I think my style is good for the Premier League.” Koeman is looking to advance his transfer dealings before the start of the new campaign with the Wales captain, Ashley Williams, understood to be on the verge of a £10m move from Swansea .
  • (13) Others say the government is on the verge of a compromise with the Kurdish minority and to balance any negative reaction from their own constituency they are playing to the nationalist gallery.
  • (14) If he was on the verge of becoming a "national treasure" to the minuscule percentage of the nation who could identify him by name were they shown a picture of him, this latest episode will have reminded them that there really are bigger and better idiots in public life to get behind.
  • (15) The vote provided the climax to a year of debate in which the bill at times seemed on the verge of passage and at others about to be scrapped.
  • (16) They were also older (68 vs. 65, p = 0.13), had lesions closer to the anal verge (10.2 vs. 11.4 cm, p = 0.07), and had more infectious complications (13.6% vs. 2.6%, 0.05 less than p less than 0.1) than patients without colostomies.
  • (17) A sample of 805 (432 men and 373 women) Israeli "on-time" people on the verge of retirement were interviewed.
  • (18) Europe is on the verge of collapse, yet we can’t even see what’s happening.
  • (19) Flattening of the anal verge and rugae occurred during dilatation by the midpoint of the examination in 44% and 34%, respectively.
  • (20) The lesions were located within 8 cm from the anal verge and consisted of superficial ulcerations, fibrotic scar tissue and rectal stenosis.