Plunge vs Lunch - What's the difference?
plunge | lunch |
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.
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.}}
(cricket) A break in play between the first]] and [[second session, second sessions.
(Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
To eat lunch.
As nouns the difference between plunge and lunch
is that plunge is the act of plunging or submerging while lunch is an english-style midday meal, generally smaller than the german-style mittagessen.As a verb plunge
is (label) to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.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.
Anagrams
*References
* * English ergative verbslunch
English
Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (midday meal) luncheonDerived terms
* liquid lunch * little lunch * lunch break * playlunchDescendants
* Spanish:Verb
- ''I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.
