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Submerge vs Quickwork - What's the difference?

submerge | quickwork |

As a verb submerge

is to sink out of sight.

As a noun quickwork is

all of the submerged section of a vessel's planking.

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 ----

    quickwork

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nautical, archaic) All of the submerged section of a vessel's planking.
  • (nautical, archaic) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
  • (nautical, archaic) The short planks between the portholes.