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414. Submerse vs Submerge - Differences - Nuances - Submerse / Submerge

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 11. 8.
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Submerge : 잠수하다, 물[액체에]잠기다,  물속에 넣다, 숨다, 감추다

submersible : 잠수정, 물속에서 쓸 수 있는

submersion : 물속으로 잠김, 잠수, 침수

 

Submerse : (물 or 다른것들로) 둘러쌓이다, 덮이다, 담그다


both of these mean to go underwater
these submarine submerged, it went under the water
the submarine submersed, I guess you could use that as well

 

 

1)
I think submerge gives you the idea that something goes down and is completely hidden by water
to go under the liquid, so that you can't really see it
whereas, submerse just means to cover in water 

 

2)
now we could use this metaphorically completely covered with 
he submerged into his room and didn't appear for several days, here we are using submerge like to hide

 

whereas if you are submersed in something, it's all around you
when you go to London, as a student you need to submerse youself in English to have it all around you 
notice, this is clearly the difference between the two

 

if something is submersed, it's got water or other things all around it
whereas it's submerged it's plunged into the depths and it's hidden

 

I preserved the cherries by submersing them in alcohol
I submersed my head in the bucket of water
I submerged my head , doesn't sound so good

 

 

3)

a submersible will go into the water
a submarine which is submerged, goes down the deep, the submersible can do down deep as well
submersion, the act of being under the surface so that the liquid completely covers it

 

 

4)

to submerge, to go down, to hide, to get lost in the depths
he was submerged in his work and he didn't have time for anything else
he was submersed in his work, he really enjoyed it, it was part of him, it was always around him
this is clearly very different nuance between two words

to submerge, has an idea of suppress, to make obscure, to make subordinate
he was submerged in his responsibilities
just putting it under water or under a liquid
the roots of the plant are submerged

to submerse,
he was submersed in his responsibilities, he could cope very easily 
the plant grow submersed in water, but they still need the light
covered with
you need to submerse yourself in your studies 

 



Formality : 5.5 - 6 for submerge
Formality : 6 - 6.5 for submerse

 

 

 

 

 

 

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