Diffusing and Diverging

verb

• Move outward.
  • usage: "The soldiers fanned out"
  • synonyms: diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
• Spread or diffuse through.
  • usage: "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
  • synonyms: permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
• Cause to become widely known.
  • usage: "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
  • synonyms: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

adjective

• Spreading by diffusion.
  • synonyms: diffusive, dispersive, disseminative

verb

• Move or draw apart.
  • usage: "The two paths diverge here"
  • synonyms: diverge
• Have no limits as a mathematical series.
  • synonyms: diverge
• Extend in a different direction.
  • usage: "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"
  • synonyms: diverge
• Be at variance with; be out of line with.
  • synonyms: deviate, vary, diverge, depart

adjective

• Tending to move apart in different directions.
  • synonyms: divergent

• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Diverge.
• (a.) Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.