Avert vs. Divert
Avert and Divert Definitions
Avert
To turn away
Avert one's eyes.
Divert
To turn aside from a course or direction
Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident.
Avert
To keep from happening; prevent
Averted an accident by turning sharply.
Divert
To distract
My attention was diverted by an argument between motorists.
Avert
(transitive) To turn aside or away.
I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
Divert
To entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; amuse.
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Avert
(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
How can the danger be averted?
Divert
To turn aside.
Avert
To turn away.
Divert
(transitive) To turn aside from a course.
The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
Avert
To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."
When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.
Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.
Divert
(transitive) To distract.
Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
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Avert
To turn away.
Cold and averting from our neighbor's good.
Divert
(transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
Avert
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening;
Let's avoid a confrontation
Head off a confrontation
Avert a strike
Divert
To turn aside; to digress.
Avert
Turn away or aside;
They averted their eyes when the King entered
Divert
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.
That crude apple that diverted Eve.
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Divert
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.
We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
Divert
To turn aside; to digress.
I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.
Divert
Turn aside; turn away from
Divert
Send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
Divert
Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion;
The play amused the ladies
Divert
Withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions
