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Demerge vs Submerge - What's the difference?

demerge | submerge |

As verbs the difference between demerge and submerge

is that demerge is (business) to separate companies that were formerly combined; to reverse a merger or demerge can be (obsolete) to plunge down into; to sink; to immerse while submerge is .

demerge

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(demerg)
  • (business) To separate companies that were formerly combined; to reverse a merger.

    • See also

    * spin off, break up

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Verb

    (demerg)
  • (obsolete) To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.
    • The water in which it was demerged . — Boyle.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    submerge

    English

    Verb

    (submerg)
  • To sink out of sight.
    • The submarine submerged in the water.
  • To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
    • In films many people are murdered by being submerged in a swimming pool.
  • To be engulfed in or with something.
    • Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

    Synonyms

    * immerse (2) * submerse

    Derived terms

    * submergence * submersion ----