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Submersible vs Bathysphere - What's the difference?

submersible | bathysphere |

As nouns the difference between submersible and bathysphere

is that submersible is a small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration while bathysphere is a spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe.

As an adjective submersible

is able to be submerged.

submersible

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Able to be submerged.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration.
  • (British) A retroactive term used for non-nuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed "true submarines".
  • (British) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed "true submersibles", because they cannot retroactively declare that their non-nuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
  • (US) A very small "baby" submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications. Slang synonyms: midget-submarine, anchor.

    • bathysphere

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia bathysphere) (en noun)
  • A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe

    • Related terms

    * bathyscaphe

    See also

    * submarine * submersible * diving bell