Difference between Diverge and Differed

DIVERGE vs DIFFERED: VERB

To go or extend in different directions from a common point; branch out.
To depart from an established pattern or norm; deviate.
To be different, as in opinion or manner; differ: : swerve.
To fail to approach a limit.
To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge.
To cause (light rays, for example) to diverge; deflect.

Be out of line with
Be at variance with
In mathematics, to become larger (in modulus) without limit: said of an infinite series when, on adding the terms, beginning with the first, the sum increases indefinitely toward infinity. A series may be divergent without diverging. See divergent series, under divergent.
To differ from a typical form; vary from a normal state or from the truth.
In general, to become or be separated from another, or one from another; take different courses or directions: as, diverging trains of thought; lives that diverge one from the other.
To move or lie in different directions from a common point; branch off: opposed to converge.

Dissent, Deflect, Divert, Defer, Derogates, Derogate, Separate, Departs, Deviates, Differs, Differed, Differ, Depart, Vary, Deviate

Differentiate, Difference, Wrangled, Conflicted, Disputed, Differences, Ranged, Clashed, Fluctuated, Contradicted, Different, Varied, Disagreed, Diverge, Diverged

Converge, Intersect, Dissent, Deflect, Divert, Defer, Derogates, Derogate, Separate, Departs, Differs, Differ, Depart, Vary, Deviate

Differentiate, Difference, Wrangled, Conflicted, Disputed, Differences, Ranged, Clashed, Fluctuated, Contradicted, Different, Varied, Disagreed, Diverge, Diverged

However, personal choice and experience can be differed.
Land ownership though differed by town or municipality.
Smoking topography differed significantly between females and males.
We then examined how these effort groups differed.
Mennonite attitudes toward race differed from their own.
We also examined if the prevalence of the outcomes differed or if the gender associations with the outcomes differed across study years.
The results showed that professionals differed from students and laymen and women differed from men in perceptions and knowledge.
More states differed across treatment type than treatment modality, but there was no consistent pattern in the way that they differed.
Bonferroni considered a that in the treatment control group differed significantly simple assault charges significantly differed.
It differed, however, from how national courts normally received international law based on specific constitutional rules that differed between member states.