Bath vs. Dive — What's the Difference?

The act of soaking or cleansing the body, as in water or steam.

To plunge, especially headfirst, into water.

The water used for cleansing the body

To execute a dive in athletic competition.

A bathtub.

To participate in the sport of competitive diving.

A bathroom.

To go toward the bottom of a body of water

A building equipped for bathing.

To engage in the sport of scuba diving.

Often baths A resort providing therapeutic baths; a spa.

To submerge under power. Used of a submarine.

A liquid in which something is dipped or soaked for processing

To fall head down through the air.

A container holding such a liquid

To descend nose down at an acceleration usually exceeding that of free fall. Used of an airplane.

A medium, such as oil or sand, that controls the temperature of objects placed in it.

To engage in the sport of skydiving.

A container holding such a medium.

To drop sharply and rapidly; plummet

An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to about 38 liters (10 US gallons).

To rush headlong and vanish into something

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

To plunge one's hand into something

A building or area where bathing occurs.

To lunge or leap headfirst

Clipping of bathroom

To plunge into an activity or enterprise with vigor and gusto.

The act of bathing.

(Sports) To exaggerate a fall in an attempt to induce a referee to call a penalty on an opponent.

The body of liquid one bathes in.

To cause (an aircraft, for example) to dive.

(by extension) A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.

To go scuba-diving to or along

A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23{{nbsp}}L or 6 gallons).

A plunge into water, especially done headfirst and in a way established for athletic competition.

To wash a person or animal in a bath.

The act or an instance of going under water, as of a submarine or a skin diver.

To bathe oneself; to have a bath.

A nearly vertical descent at an accelerated speed through the air.

The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.

A rapid or abrupt decrease

Water or other liquid for bathing.

(Slang) A disreputable or run-down bar or nightclub.

A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.

A run-down residence.

A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.

A knockout feigned by a prizefighter

A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.

An exaggerated fall, especially by a hockey player, intended to draw a penalty against an opponent.

A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.

A lunge or a headlong jump

A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.

(Football) An offensive play in which the carrier of the ball plunges into the opposing line in order to gain short yardage.

A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

(intransitive) To swim under water.

A vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it);

(intransitive) To jump into water head-first.

You soak your body in a bathtub;

(intransitive) To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.

A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

(intransitive) To descend sharply or steeply.

An ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons

To undertake with enthusiasm.

A town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains

(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.

A room (as in a residence) containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet

(transitive) To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.

Clean one's body by immersion into water;

(transitive) To explore by diving; to plunge into.

To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

A jump or plunge into water.

A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.

A downward swooping motion.

A swim under water.

A decline.

(slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.

(aviation) Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.

(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.

Plural of diva

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.

To explore by diving; to plunge into.

A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.

A place of low resort.

A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall

A headlong plunge into water

A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

Drop steeply;

Plunge into water;

Swim under water;