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Submerged vs Submarine - What's the difference?

submerged | submarine |

As verbs the difference between submerged and submarine

is that submerged is (submerge) while submarine is to operate or serve on a.

As adjectives the difference between submerged and submarine

is that submerged is underwater while submarine is undersea.

As a noun submarine is

a boat that can go underwater.

submerged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (submerge)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • underwater
    • Jimmy was completely submerged when he was snorkeling.
  • below the surface of a liquid
  • hidden
  • poor, impoverished

    • submarine

    English

    (wikipedia submarine)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • undersea.
  • Hidden or undisclosed.
    • a submarine patent

    Synonyms

    * subaquatic, subaqueous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boat that can go underwater.
  • A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
  • (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
  • Any submarine plant or animal.
  • (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.

    • Synonyms

    * (boat) U-boat * (sandwich) grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge

    Antonyms

    * (boat) surface ship

    Related terms

    * submariner

    Verb

    (submarin)
  • To operate or serve on a
  • To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 13, author=The Associated Press, title=Shares Up as Investors Ponder Retail Data, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“We’re really at the point of chicken, where the Fed is trying to ward off inflation without submarining the economy.” }}