What's the difference between engrossed and submerged?

Engrossed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Engross

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thorny issues of racism on the catwalk, of the impact of fashion on our relationship with food, of the decreasing relevance of the traditional catwalk show in the digital age, and of the bloated size of the fashion industry are the topics engrossing the front row.
  • (2) By abusing his power, he was engrossed in irregularities and corruption, had improper relations with several women and was wined and dined at back parlours of deluxe restaurants.
  • (3) Jérôme Boucer, who was engrossed in the gig nearer the stage, assumed the “pop, pop, pop” sound was part of the show – a firecracker perhaps.
  • (4) In 90 engrossing minutes came comedy, controversy, drama, breathtaking moments and an eye-catching turn from the star protagonist himself.
  • (5) His efforts have included telling the country’s top internet official on a visit to Facebook’s California headquarters in 2014 that he was engrossed in the collected speeches of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping.
  • (6) "This conduct is gross disservice to Chinua Achebe and disrespectful of the life-engrossing occupation known as literature.
  • (7) Anyone interested in Eritrea should read Michela Wrong’s engrossing book, I Didn’t Do it For You , which chronicles the country’s turbulent history from its days as an Italian colony, its time as a UN trust territory, and its 30-year struggle for independence from Ethiopia.
  • (8) For much of the watching world, the contest between these competing views has been far more engrossing than anything on the pitch.
  • (9) Under Hyman, Serco became steadily engrossed by its own financial performance.
  • (10) "Strong characters coupled with delicately woven personal and political storylines have kept our audiences hooked on a Saturday night, and the final season will be equally as engrossing," promised Richard Klein, controller of BBC Four.
  • (11) And while the scene the duchess saw in production was "not really a dramatic scene," the actor admitted, Camilla, who described herself as an addict of the series, seemed engrossed.
  • (12) It is easy to see why players bounce off Klopp and indeed it was tempting to wonder if Chelsea’s despondent players were casting the occasional envious glance at the German, whose energetic and engrossing touchline demeanour offered a welcome shade of light next to José Mourinho ’s dark scowl.
  • (13) Protection for women riders Whilst the UCI have spent the past 10 years trying to defend the indefensible Armstrong position, with time wasting actions such as suing Paul Kimmage for libel after Kimmage dared to bring their "good name" into disrepute; whilst they have been so engrossed trying to find receipts for the equipment they bought after Lance made donations to them and suing Floyd Landis after he blew the whistle and holding press conferences calling Landis a liar.
  • (14) Extra-time had more grit than grace, as it became clear that a single chance would probably be enough to win an engrossing but never wide open game.
  • (15) Some of these engineering objects engross the mollusks's population.
  • (16) Down-time outside work is an engrossing movie, and a jog or game of squash, plus quality time with my family.
  • (17) He had found an absorbing occupation, engrossed in ideas and causes, peopled by intellectuals and writers from other backgrounds.
  • (18) Rosewater is an engrossing and pacy film that tells the true story of Iranian-born journalist Maziar Bahari , who was arrested and tortured in Iran in 2009, after sending footage of street riots to the BBC.
  • (19) Richard Herring is also back for what must be approaching his thousandth fringe, with a revival of his engrossing todger-based spectacular Talking Cock.
  • (20) Frantic, ridiculous and utterly engrossing, it's available via eShop, PSN and Xbox Live.

Submerged


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Submerge

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Duraphat-treated samples submerged in water after the exposure lost only about 50% of the deposited fluoride, whereas samples treated with 2% NaF are known to lose all their fluoride under similar circumstances, a condition which may be related to the favorable clinical effect of Duraphat.
  • (2) The mycelium of Trichoderma viride grown in the dark under submerged conditions and transferred to membrane filters sporulated only after photoinduction.
  • (3) The units for submerged horizontal gel electrophoresis are easily made or are inexpensively available commercially.
  • (4) The submerged gauze technique was applied to the sampling in three different spots of the river: at the town center, two km water above, and two down-stream from the city.
  • (5) Two series were started with the cylinders being submerged at intervals of 5 and 40 min after the start of polymerisation.
  • (6) Eight of the nine clinically submerged defects exhibited positive radiographic changes.
  • (7) As the bath filled up, his siblings were also forced into the tub and Kristy became submerged in the water.
  • (8) A cultivation system has been developed for Penicillium urticae which yields 'microcycle' conidiation in submerged culture.
  • (9) The dominant leg was submerged in water at 10 C for 30 minutes.
  • (10) The first invagination occurs at an early developmental stage when non-differentiated anterior part of the larval body submerges into the external cyst which is formed by the walls of the primary cavity displaced toward the hind end.
  • (11) The effect of somatostatin-14 (SS-14) on gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-mediated inhibitory neurotransmission in the dorsolateral septal nucleus (DLSN) was investigated using a submerged slice preparation and intracellular recording techniques.
  • (12) Moreover, the luminal surface of the mucosa is not submerged, but is air-filled, thus obtaining the physiological conditions closer to the one of the trachea in vivo.
  • (13) The optimal methods were the following: storage of Micromonospora on agarized media under a layer of vaseline oil, storage of Micromonospora in the form of a mature submerged culture on liquid media optimal for its growth and development.
  • (14) Frozen 4-5-microns sections were submerged and floated carefully during each working step.
  • (15) Furthermore, since only few of an individual's characteristics are used as classifying attributes, individuals themselves become submerged in the class, and their individuality lost in the scientific laws that arise therefrom.
  • (16) When it emerged that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had gone missing, he tweeted: "It occurs to me: All our good news on the economy is currently as submerged and lost as the Malaysian Airlines flight recorder..." The MP, whose Twitter avatar is a character from figure-skating comedy Blades Of Glory, also joked about having a relationship with a llama.
  • (17) | Howard W French Read more In the South China Sea, China has, by massive dredging operations, turned submerged reefs with names out of the novels of Joseph Conrad – Mischief Reef, Fiery Cross Reef – into artificial islands, and is completing a 3,000m runway on Fiery Cross.
  • (18) In particular, in submerged culture on a plastic surface they either produced very small aggregates or did not aggregate, one of the phenotypes exhibited by the activated rasD transformants.
  • (19) Mixed venous PO2 increased during abdomen submergence, and PVCO2, was unaltered throughout.
  • (20) Here a climate that increases in temperature will mean more extreme and frequent storms, more flooding, rising seas that submerge Pacific islands.