The difference between Absorb and Immerse

When used as verbs, absorb means to include so that it no longer has separate existence, whereas immerse means to put under the surface of a liquid.

Immerse is also adjective with the meaning: immersed.

check bellow for the other definitions of Absorb and Immerse

  1. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

  2. Absorb as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

  3. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

  4. Absorb as a verb (transitive, physics, chemistry):

    To take in energy and convert it, as in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil. in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo. taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.

    Examples:

    "Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass."

  5. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully

  6. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To occupy or consume time.

  7. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    Assimilate mentally.

  8. Absorb as a verb (transitive, business):

    To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

  9. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To defray the costs.

  10. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To accept or purchase in quantity.

  1. Immerse as a verb (transitive):

    To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.

    Examples:

    "Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water."

  2. Immerse as a verb (transitive):

    To involve or engage deeply.

    Examples:

    "The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies."

  3. Immerse as a verb (transitive, mathematics):

    To map into an immersion.

  1. Immerse as an adjective (obsolete):

    Immersed; buried; sunk.

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