Dive vs Pounce - What's the difference?
dive | pounce |
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.
(historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing.
(historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
A punch or stamp.
* Withals
Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
To attack suddenly by leaping.
To eagerly seize an opportunity.
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To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
* Cowper
* J. Fletcher
To stamp holes in; to perforate.
As nouns the difference between dive and pounce
is that dive is while pounce is (historical) a type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or pounce can be the claw or talon of a bird of prey.As a verb pounce is
to sprinkle or rub with pounce powder or pounce can be to leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.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 ----pounce
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ponce, from (etyl) pumex.Noun
(-)Verb
(pounc)- to pounce paper, or a pattern
Etymology 2
From (etyl), probably akin to punch. Possibly from (etyl) ponchonner (compare French ).Noun
(en noun)- (Burke)
- (Spenser)
- a pounce to print money with
- (Homilies)
Verb
(pounc)- ''The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to him
- She pounced on the young man, because she loved him and wanted him for herself.
- ''I was awakened from a dead sleep by my child pouncing on top of me from out of nowhere.
- I pounced on the chance to get promoted.
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- Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren.
- Now pounce him lightly, / And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper.
