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Submarine vs Nonsubmarine - What's the difference?

submarine | nonsubmarine |

As adjectives the difference between submarine and nonsubmarine

is that submarine is undersea while nonsubmarine is not submarine.

As a noun submarine

is a boat that can go underwater.

As a verb submarine

is to operate or serve on a.

submarine

English

(wikipedia submarine)

Adjective

(-)
  • undersea.
  • Hidden or undisclosed.
    • a submarine patent

    Synonyms

    * subaquatic, subaqueous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boat that can go underwater.
  • A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
  • (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
  • Any submarine plant or animal.
  • (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.

    • Synonyms

    * (boat) U-boat * (sandwich) grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge

    Antonyms

    * (boat) surface ship

    Related terms

    * submariner

    Verb

    (submarin)
  • To operate or serve on a
  • To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 13, author=The Associated Press, title=Shares Up as Investors Ponder Retail Data, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“We’re really at the point of chicken, where the Fed is trying to ward off inflation without submarining the economy.” }}

    nonsubmarine

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not submarine.
  • * 1979 , Hubert Lloyd Barnes, Geochemistry of hydrothermal ore deposits?
    • Nonsubmarine ores from island arcs and continental margins...