Immerse vs Overwhelm - What's the difference?
immerse | overwhelm |
To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
To involve deeply
(mathematics)
* 2002 , Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)
(obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
* Francis Bacon
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
To overpower, crush.
* Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 53
To overpower emotionally.
To cause to surround, to cover.
As verbs the difference between immerse and overwhelm
is that immerse is to put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk while overwhelm is to engulf, surge over and submerge.As an adjective immerse
is (obsolete) immersed; buried; sunk.immerse
English
Verb
(immers)- Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
- The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
- 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
* submergeDerived terms
* immersion * immersiveAdjective
(en adjective)- After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.
overwhelm
English
Verb
- The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- He was overwhelmed with guilt.
- Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
- (Papin)