Diverging from another or from a standard; SYN. divergent.
ETYM Latin dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. French dissonant. Related to Sonant.
1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
2. Disagreeing; incongruous.
3. Discordant; harsh.
ETYM Cf. French divergent. Related to Diverge.
Tending to move apart in different directions; SYN. diverging.
ETYM Latin varians, p. pr. of variare to change: cf. French variant. Related to Vary.
Differing from a norm or standard.
Irregularly, abnormally
Inharmoniously, discordantly, unmelodiously; incongruously
In the manner of branching out from a central point