The difference between Immerse and Swallow

When used as verbs, immerse means to put under the surface of a liquid, whereas swallow means to cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach.

Immerse is also adjective with the meaning: immersed.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Immerse and Swallow

  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.

  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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