divergent vs efferent

divergent

adj
  • Growing further apart; diverging. 

  • Causing divergence of rays. 

  • Disagreeing from something given; differing. 

  • (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit. 

efferent

adj
  • Carrying away from. 

  • Carried outward. 

noun
  • A duct or stream that carries away. 

How often have the words divergent and efferent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )