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Submarine vs Grizzly - What's the difference?

submarine | grizzly |

As adjectives the difference between submarine and grizzly

is that submarine is undersea while grizzly is grey-haired, greyish.

As nouns the difference between submarine and grizzly

is that submarine is a boat that can go underwater while grizzly is a grizzly bear.

As a verb submarine

is to operate or serve on a.

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

    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.” }}

    grizzly

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Grey-haired, greyish.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • old squirrels that turn grizzly
  • [Listed by Merriam-Webster Unabridged as a legitimate variant spelling.]
  • * 2008 , Campbell Brown, " Commentary: Pakistan gives in to terrorists," CNN , Feb. 5, 2009:
  • This after Taliban militants led a grizzly campaign of attacks, including beheadings, kidnappings and the destruction of dozens of girls' schools.

    Derived terms

    * grizzly bear

    Noun

    (grizzlies)
  • A grizzly bear.
  • Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!
  • (US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.
  • (Raymond)