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Engulf vs Imbibe - What's the difference?

engulf | imbibe |

As verbs the difference between engulf and imbibe

is that engulf is to overwhelm while imbibe is .

As an adjective imbibe is

soaked, saturated.

engulf

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To overwhelm.
  • Desperation engulfed her after her daughter's death.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
  • Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.
  • To surround; to cover.
  • Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed earth.

    imbibe

    English

    Verb

    (imbib)
  • To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
  • (figuratively) To take in; as, to imbibe knowledge.
  • Derived terms

    * imbiber * imbibement

    Hyponyms

    * (l)