Engulf vs Imbibe - What's the difference?
engulf | imbibe |
To overwhelm.
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To surround; to cover.
To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
(figuratively) To take in; as, to imbibe knowledge.
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)- Desperation engulfed her after her daughter's death.
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.
- Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed earth.
