Learn English – the difference between ‘divert’ and ‘re-route’

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Because of an accident, my train was diverted or 're-routed' to another station?

Are they both correct? If so, which one is more common in colloquial AmE?

Best Answer

My understating is that:

  • To divert means to force off the predefined path, emphasis on the fact that it is not the original way, it's different now.
  • To re-route means to put on a different path, emphasis on reaching the destination by other means or ways (yet still reaching it).
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