Immerse vs Submerse - What's the difference?
immerse | submerse |
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 submerge
Denoting or characteristic of a plant growing entirely under water.
As verbs the difference between immerse and submerse
is that immerse is to put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk while submerse is to submerge.As adjectives the difference between immerse and submerse
is that immerse is immersed; buried; sunk while submerse is denoting or characteristic of a plant growing entirely under water.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.