Submerged vs Barnacle - What's the difference?
submerged | barnacle |
(submerge)
underwater
below the surface of a liquid
hidden
poor, impoverished
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
The barnacle goose.
(engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
(computing, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
(obsolete) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
(archaic, British) A nickname for spectacles.
(slang, obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.
To connect with or attach.
* 2009 , , Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos , Stone Bridge Press (2009), ISBN 9781933330853,
To press close against something.
* 2002 , , All Families Are Psychotic , Vintage Canada (2002), ISBN 0679311831,
As verbs the difference between submerged and barnacle
is that submerged is past tense of submerge while barnacle is to connect with or attach.As an adjective submerged
is underwater.As a noun barnacle is
a marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.submerged
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Jimmy was completely submerged when he was snorkeling.
barnacle
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(barnacl)page 178:
- Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge.
page 16:
- He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace.