- (people, groups, etc.) olla poikkeava
These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces.
differ, differed, differed
- to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray
His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm.
deviate, deviated, deviated
- to deviate
His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat.
depart, departed, departed
- to visit informally and spontaneously
I dropped by on Thursday, but you were out.
drop by, drop bied, drop bied
- to wander from a direct course
catch a stray
stray, strayed, strayed
- (intransitive, or, transitive)
They say they can turn the parts in two days.
turn, turned, turned
- (transitive) To turn aside from a course
The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
divert, diverted, diverted
- A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision
If I see that type o' muthafucka in the club I just swerve him.
uncountable · swerve, swerved, swerved
- A point where a lane branches off from the main flow
Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
diverge, diverged, diverged
- (obsolete) alteration; change
He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice.
vary, varied, varied
digressverbi/daɪˈɡɹɛs/, /dɪˈɡɹɛs/US (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of atten...digress, digressed, digressed
- to deviate
The defender deflected the cross into his own net.
deflect, deflected, deflected
- develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
If you keep hanging out with that gang you'll go astray.
go astray, went, gone
- to stay a while
I stopped at the traffic lights.
stop, stoped, stoped