Immerse vs Impregnate - What's the difference?
immerse | impregnate |
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 cause to become pregnant.
To fertilize.
To saturate, or infuse.
To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(dated) To become pregnant.
In transitive terms the difference between immerse and impregnate
is that immerse is to involve deeply while impregnate is to fill pores or spaces with a substance.As an adjective immerse
is 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.
impregnate
English
Verb
(impregnat)- I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
- It is recommended to impregnate new shoes before wearing them.
- (Addison)