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Diva vs Plunge - What's the difference?

diva | plunge |

As nouns the difference between diva and plunge

is that diva is divan, couch while plunge is the act of plunging or submerging.

As a verb plunge is

(label) to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.

diva

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
  • A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.

    • Derived terms

    * diva-ish''

    References

    * * [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=diva&searchmode=none]

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    plunge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of plunging or submerging
  • a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
    • to take the water with a plunge
    plunge in the sea
  • (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

    • Verb

    (plung)
  • (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.
  • *
    • , 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:
  • *
  • (label) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
  • * (Joseph Hall) (1574-1656)
    • some wild colt, which flings and plunges
  • 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)
    • Plunged and gravelled with three lines of Seneca.
  • To overwhelm, overpower.

    • Anagrams

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    References

    * * English ergative verbs