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Wade vs Dive - What's the difference?

wade | dive |

As a proper noun wade

is .

As a noun dive is

.

wade

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) wadan'', from (etyl) "to go". Cognates include Latin ''vadere "go, walk; rush" (whence English invade, evade).

Verb

(wad)
  • to walk through water or something that impedes progress.
  • * Milton
    • So eagerly the fiend / With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, / And swims, or sinks, or wades , or creeps, or flies.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
    • After breakfast the men set out to hunt, while the women went to a large pool of warm water covered with a green scum and filled with billions of tadpoles. They waded in to where the water was about a foot deep and lay down in the mud. They remained there from one to two hours and then returned to the cliff.
  • to progress with difficulty
    • to wade through a dull book
  • * Dryden
    • And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.
  • * Davenant
    • The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties.
  • to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading
    • wading swamps and rivers
  • To enter recklessly.
    • to wade into a fight or a debate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an act of wading

    • Related terms

    * wade in * wade into * wade through

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
    • (Mortimer)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    dive

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) diven, duven, from the merger of (etyl) . See also (l), (l).

    Verb

  • To swim under water.
  • To jump into water head-first.
  • * Whately
    • It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
  • To descend sharply or steeply.
  • (especially with in ) To undertake with enthusiasm.
    • She dove right in and started making improvements.
  • (sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
  • To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
    • (Hooker)
  • To explore by diving; to plunge into.
  • * Denham
    • The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame.
  • * Emerson
    • He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps.
  • (figurative) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
    • (South)
    Usage notes
    The past tense dove'' is found chiefly in North American English, where it is used alongside the regular (and earlier) ''dived'', with regional variations; in British English ''dived'' is the standard past tense, ''dove'' existing only in some dialects. As a past participle, ''dove'' is relatively rare. (Compare ''Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary''; ''The American Heritage Dictionary''; ''The Cambridge Guide to English Usage )
    Related terms
    * scuba diving * duck dive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A jump or plunge into water.
  • A swim under water.
  • A decline.
  • (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
  • (aviation) Aerial descend with the nose pointed down.
  • (sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
    • Related terms
    * divebomb * nosedive * swandive/swan-dive/swan dive

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl); see diva.

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs ----