"Divert" vs "Deviate" [closed]

Divert is a transitive verb (needs an object) (you divert something)

divert

verb [transitive]

(CHANGE DIRECTION) ​

C2 to cause something or someone to change direction:

Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced.
Our flight had to be diverted to Newark because of the storm.

Deviate is an intransitive verb (does not have an object) (something deviates).

deviate

verb

[intransitive]

(DIRECTION)

to go in a different direction:

The path follows the river closely, occasionally deviating around a clump of trees.

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