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Engulfs vs Ingulfs - What's the difference?

engulfs | ingulfs |

As verbs the difference between engulfs and ingulfs

is that engulfs is (engulf) while ingulfs is (ingulf).

engulfs

English

Verb

(head)
  • (engulf)

    • 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.

    ingulfs

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ingulf)

    • ingulf

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic)