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Dived vs Dipped - What's the difference?

dived | dipped |

As verbs the difference between dived and dipped

is that dived is (dive) (scuba diving) while dipped is (dip).

As an adjective dipped is

that has been briefly immersed in a liquid.

dived

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dive) (scuba diving)
  • (jump head-first)

    • Synonyms

    * (scuba diving) dove (US)

    Usage notes

    * See dive for dived'' vs. ''dove .

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    dipped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dip)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
  • Of headlights: lowered.
  • (archaic, colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
  • *1705 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
  • *:The Lawyers [...] Opposed all Registers, that Cheats / Might make more Work with dipt Estates [...].