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Submerge vs Drowning - What's the difference?

submerge | drowning |

As verbs the difference between submerge and drowning

is that submerge is while drowning is .

As a noun drowning is

an instance of a person or animal drowning.

submerge

English

Verb

(submerg)
  • To sink out of sight.
    • The submarine submerged in the water.
  • To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
    • In films many people are murdered by being submerged in a swimming pool.
  • To be engulfed in or with something.
    • Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

    Synonyms

    * immerse (2) * submerse

    Derived terms

    * submergence * submersion ----

    drowning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia drowning) (en noun)
  • An instance of a person or animal drowning.
    • It's dangerous to swim in that river — there were three drownings there last year.

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