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Submerge vs Swape - What's the difference?

submerge | swape |

As a verb submerge

is .

As a noun swape is

a bar or pole used as a lever, swivel handle eg on the end of a shaft.

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 ----

    swape

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bar or pole used as a lever, swivel handle e.g. on the end of a shaft.
  • A steering oar use by Tyne keelmen.
  • A kind of mechanical scoop for water.

    • Synonyms

    * lever * shadoof