Uproot vs Dig - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between uproot and dig

is that uproot is to root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate while dig is to move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.

As a noun dig is

an archeological investigation.

uproot

English

Verb

(en verb)

To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate.

(by extension) To remove utterly; to eradicate.

Synonyms

* (to root up ) deracinate * See also

Derived terms

* (l)

Anagrams

dig

English

(wikipedia dig)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from (etyl) (m), itself a borrowing of the same Germanic root (from (etyl) (m)). More at ditch, dike.

Verb

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(label) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up .

(label) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.

To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.

(label) To investigate, to research, often followed by out'' or ''up .

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To thrust; to poke.

* Robynson (More's Utopia)

You should have seen children dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls.

Derived terms

* dig in * dig into * dig over * dig out * dig up

Noun

(en noun)

An archeological investigation.

(US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.

A thrust; a poke.

He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke.

Synonyms

* (archaeological investigation) excavation

Etymology 2

From (African American Vernacular English); due to lack of writing of slave speech, etymology is .Random House Unabridged, 2001 Others do not propose a distinct etymology, instead considering this a semantic shift of the existing English term (compare dig in/dig into'').eg: OED, "dig", from ME vt ''diggen

Verb

(slang) To understand or show interest in.

You dig ?

(slang) To appreciate, or like.

Baby, I dig you.

References

Anagrams

* English irregular verbs English three-letter words ----