Dive vs Jive - What's the difference?
dive | jive |
To swim under water.
To jump into water head-first.
* Whately
To descend sharply or steeply.
(especially with in ) To undertake with enthusiasm.
(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
To explore by diving; to plunge into.
* Denham
* Emerson
(figurative) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
A jump or plunge into water.
A swim under water.
A decline.
(slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
(aviation) Aerial descend with the nose pointed down.
(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
(transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.
(colloquial) To dance.
A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
Swing, a style of jazz music.
A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
(US, colloquial) Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
African American Vernacular English.
(US)
As verbs the difference between dive and jive
is that dive is to swim under water while jive is to deceive; to be deceptive.As nouns the difference between dive and jive
is that dive is a jump or plunge into water while jive is a dance style popular in the 1940–50s.dive
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) diven, duven, from the merger of (etyl) . See also (l), (l).Verb
- It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
- She dove right in and started making improvements.
- (Hooker)
- The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame.
- He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps.
- (South)
Usage notes
The past tense dove'' is found chiefly in North American English, where it is used alongside the regular (and earlier) ''dived'', with regional variations; in British English ''dived'' is the standard past tense, ''dove'' existing only in some dialects. As a past participle, ''dove'' is relatively rare. (Compare ''Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary''; ''The American Heritage Dictionary''; ''The Cambridge Guide to English Usage )Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl); see diva.Noun
(head)Anagrams
* English irregular verbs ----jive
English
Etymology 1
Unknown. Slang attested in African-American and rural-American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Possible historical antecedent: see gyveVerb
(jiv)- Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
- You can dance, you can jive , having the time of your life; ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen! (")
Noun
(en noun)- Don’t give me that jive . I know where you were last night.