Difference between Submerged and Underwater

What is the difference between Submerged and Underwater?

Submerged as a verb is to sink out of sight. while Underwater as a verb is to water or irrigate insufficiently

Submerged

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sink out of sight.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Something that is underwater.

Example sentence: Sea-Monkeys are hybrid brine shrimp and the brainchild of the mail-order entrepreneur Harold von Braunhut in 1957. When their crystallized eggs are submerged in water, minuscule crustaceans emerge; they can grow up to 2 inches long.

Underwater

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surfacebeneath the water line of a vesselhaving negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value

Part of speech: noun

Definition: underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep oceanA type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to water or irrigate insufficiently

Example sentence: I cant swim underwater. I am claustrophobic and I am scared of creepy crawlies.

We hope you now know whether to use Submerged or Underwater in your sentence.

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