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Underwater vs Submerge - What's the difference?

underwater | submerge |

As verbs the difference between underwater and submerge

is that underwater is to water or irrigate insufficiently while submerge is to sink out of sight.

As an adjective underwater

is beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.

As an adverb underwater

is going beneath the surface of the water.

As a noun underwater

is underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean.

underwater

English

Adjective

(wikipedia underwater) (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface
  • (nautical) beneath the water line of a vessel
  • (figuratively) Under water.
  • (finance) having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value
    • We've been underwater on our mortgage ever since the housing crash.
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2013-05-13 , title = Underwater , series = , medium = Television , network = A&E , number = 9 , people = Matthew MacCaull , role = Matt Bronstein , passage = You're underwater . The best thing you can do is just walk away. Let the bank take it back. }}

    Synonyms

    * (beneath the water surface ): subaqueous, subaquatic, submarine * (having negative equity ): upside down

    Related terms

    * underground * underseas

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • going beneath the surface of the water

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean
  • (fishing) A type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.
  • * {{quote-book, 1923, Sheridan R. Jones, Bait Casting: The Short Rod and How to Use It, page=57 citation
    • , passage=Practically all wobbling underwaters will take fish aplenty in the hands of a man who really knows how to put them through their stints. }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (agriculture, horticulture) to water or irrigate insufficiently

    • Antonyms

    * afloat

    See also

    *

    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 ----