The difference between Engage and Swallow

When used as verbs, engage means to engross or hold the attention of, whereas swallow means to cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach.

Swallow is also noun with the meaning: a deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

check bellow for the other definitions of Engage and Swallow

  1. Engage as a verb (transitive):

    To interact socially. To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied. To draw into conversation. To attract, to please; to fascinate or win over (someone).

  2. Engage as a verb:

    To interact antagonistically. To enter into conflict with (an enemy). To enter into battle.

  3. Engage as a verb:

    To interact contractually. To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.). To guarantee or promise (to do something). To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) . To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).

    Examples:

    "They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year."

  4. Engage as a verb:

    To interact mechanically. To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch). To come into gear with.

    Examples:

    "Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out."

    "The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another."

  5. Engage as a verb (intransitive):

    To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with ).

  1. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

  2. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

  3. Swallow as a verb (intransitive):

    To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

    Examples:

    "My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow."

  4. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

  5. Swallow as a verb:

    To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

  6. Swallow as a verb:

    To retract; to recant.

    Examples:

    "to swallow one's opinions"

  7. Swallow as a verb:

    To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

    Examples:

    "to swallow an affront or insult"

  1. Swallow as a noun (archaic):

    A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

  2. Swallow as a noun:

    The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

    Examples:

    "He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water."

  3. Swallow as a noun (Nigeria):

    Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

  1. Swallow as a noun:

    A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

  2. Swallow as a noun (nautical):

    The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ham. Nav. Encyc"

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