Difference between Deprives and Divest

DEPRIVES vs DIVEST: VERB

To undress, disrobe.
To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary
Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
Take away possessions from someone
Deprive of status or authority
Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)

Cease to hold (an investment)
Reduce or dispose of
To strip of clothes, arms, or equipage; hence, to strip of anything that surrounds or attends; despoil: opposed to invest: as, to divest one of his reputation.
To strip by some definite or legal process; deprive: as, to divest a person of his rights or privileges; to divest one of title or property.
To strip off; throw off.

Rids, Leaves, Precludes, Loses, Removes, Starves, Prevents, Renders, Hinders, Impedes, Robs, Strip, Divest, Dispossess, Impoverish

Forgo, Forfeit, Surrender, Forego, Waive, Renounce, Cede, Relinquish, Abandon, Dispose, Diversify, Sell, Strip, Dispossess, Deprive

Hurts, Shortchanges, Restricts, Enriches, Impoverishes, Affords, Empty, Prepares, Denies, Prohibits, Forbids, Starves, Strip, Dispossess, Impoverish

Pander, Transfer, Acquiesce, Oust, Forfeit, Surrender, Forego, Waive, Abandon, Dispose, Diversify, Sell, Strip, Dispossess, Deprive

Homogeneity deprives teams from healthy conflict that brings innovation and progress.
Therefore, the new seatbelt law deprives no claim or defense.
The court deprives Texas a voice in that basic process.
Now weakness deprives the body of mode, species and order.
Case dismissal deprives court of jurisdiction to award committee fees.
It violates laws and deprives customers of their basic rights.
The MCA deprives courts of jurisdiction to consider habeas claims.
Purdah deprives Muslim women of mental and moral nourishment.
Housing discrimination deprives people of more than a home.
This abandonment deprives countries control of theirown money supply.

Oxford University divest its endowment from fossil fuels.
NAB may seek to divest such remaining shares.
BC to divest from the fossil fuel industry.
Fully divest himself or herself of the interest.
ANT: Disarray, disarrange, confuse, jumble, divest, denude, strip.
ANT: Degrade, remove, relegate, dethrone, banish, deprive, divest.
Renal settled by agreeing to divest three clinics.
Later, the bank would divest its overseas subsidiaries.
In that circumstance, the Commission may appoint a trustee to divest the product if the parties fail to divest the business as required.
To divest or not to divest from the fossil fuel industry?