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Immerse vs Dedicate - What's the difference?

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Immerse is a related term of dedicate.


In lang=en terms the difference between immerse and dedicate

is that immerse is to involve deeply while dedicate is to show to the public for the first time.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between immerse and dedicate

is that immerse is (obsolete) immersed; buried; sunk while dedicate is (obsolete) dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

As verbs the difference between immerse and dedicate

is that immerse is to put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk while dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

As adjectives the difference between immerse and dedicate

is that immerse is (obsolete) immersed; buried; sunk while dedicate is (obsolete) dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

immerse

English

Verb

(immers)
  • To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
    • Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
  • To involve deeply
    • The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
  • (mathematics)
  • * 2002 , Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)
    • Thus, in mathematical terms a Klein bottle cannot be "embedded" but only "immersed " in three dimensions as an embedding has no self-intersections but an immersion may have them.

    Synonyms

    * submerge

    Derived terms

    * immersion * immersive

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.
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    dedicate

    English

    Verb

    (dedicat)
  • To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
  • To set apart for a special use
    • dedicated their money to scientific research.
  • To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
    • dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
  • To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
  • To open (a building, for example) to public use.
  • To show to the public for the first time
    • dedicate a monument.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Dedicate to nothing temporal.
  • * (George Henry Calvert)
    • His life is dedicate to worthiness.
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