Plunge vs Curtail - What's the difference?
plunge | curtail |
the act of plunging or submerging
a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
(figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
(slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
(obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty
(label) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.
To cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
To baptize by immersion.
(label) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge one's self.
To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
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(label) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
* (Joseph Hall) (1574-1656)
To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
* (Thomas Browne) (1605-1682)
To overwhelm, overpower.
(obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
(figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
* Macaulay
In figuratively|lang=en terms the difference between plunge and curtail
is that plunge is (figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse while curtail is (figuratively) to limit or restrict, keep in check.In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between plunge and curtail
is that plunge is (obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty while curtail is (obsolete) to cut short the tail of an animal.As nouns the difference between plunge and curtail
is that plunge is the act of plunging or submerging while curtail is (architecture) a scroll termination, as of a step, etc.As verbs the difference between plunge and curtail
is that plunge is (label) to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse while curtail is (obsolete) to cut short the tail of an animal.plunge
English
Noun
(en noun)- to take the water with a plunge
- plunge in the sea
Verb
(plung)- some wild colt, which flings and plunges
- Plunged and gravelled with three lines of Seneca.
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* * English ergative verbscurtail
English
Verb
(en verb)- ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
- When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
- Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
- Our incomes have been curtailed ; his salary has been doubled.
