Submerge vs Immerse - What's the difference?
submerge | immerse |
To sink out of sight.
To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
To be engulfed in or with something.
To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
To involve deeply
(mathematics)
* 2002 , Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)
(obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
* Francis Bacon
Immerse is a synonym of submerge.
In transitive terms the difference between submerge and immerse
is that submerge is to be engulfed in or with something while immerse is to involve deeply.As verbs the difference between submerge and immerse
is that submerge is to sink out of sight while immerse is to put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.As an adjective immerse is
immersed; buried; sunk.submerge
English
Verb
(submerg)- The submarine submerged in the water.
- In films many people are murdered by being submerged in a swimming pool.
- Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.
Synonyms
* immerse (2) * submerseDerived terms
* submergence * submersion ----immerse
English
Verb
(immers)- Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
- The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
- Thus, in mathematical terms a Klein bottle cannot be "embedded" but only "immersed " in three dimensions as an embedding has no self-intersections but an immersion may have them.
Synonyms
* submergeDerived terms
* immersion * immersiveAdjective
(en adjective)- After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.