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Christen vs Immerse - What's the difference?

christen | immerse | Synonyms |

Christen is a synonym of immerse.


As a proper noun christen

is , variant of christian.

As a verb immerse is

to put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.

As an adjective immerse is

(obsolete) immersed; buried; sunk.

christen

English

Alternative forms

* (dialectal) *

Verb

(en verb)
  • To perform the religious act of the baptism, to baptise.
  • To name.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • Christen the thing what you will.
  • (obsolete) To Christianize.
    • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • (colloquial, usually, Christian) To use for the first time.

    • Anagrams

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    immerse

    English

    Verb

    (immers)
  • To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
    • Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
  • To involve deeply
    • The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
  • (mathematics)
  • * 2002 , Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)
    • Thus, in mathematical terms a Klein bottle cannot be "embedded" but only "immersed " in three dimensions as an embedding has no self-intersections but an immersion may have them.

    Synonyms

    * submerge

    Derived terms

    * immersion * immersive

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.
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