Dine vs. Dive

Dine vs. Dive — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Dine and Dive

Dineverb

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

Diveverb

To swim under water.

Dineverb

To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.

Diveverb

To jump into water head-first.

Dineverb

To dine upon; to have to eat.

Diveverb

To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.

to dive into home plate
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Dinenoun

(obsolete) dinnertime

Diveverb

To descend sharply or steeply.

Dineverb

have supper; eat dinner;

We often dine with friends in this restaurant

Diveverb

(especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.

She dove right in and started making improvements.

Dineverb

give dinner to; host for dinner;

I'm wining and dining my friends

Diveverb

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

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Diveverb

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

Diveverb

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

Diveverb

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

Divenoun

A jump or plunge into water.

the dive of a hawk after prey

Divenoun

A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.

Divenoun

A downward swooping motion.

Divenoun

A swim under water.

Divenoun

A decline.

Divenoun

(slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.

Divenoun

(aviation) Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.

Divenoun

(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.

Divenoun

a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall

Divenoun

a headlong plunge into water

Divenoun

a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

Diveverb

drop steeply;

the stock market plunged

Diveverb

plunge into water;

I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool

Diveverb

swim under water;

the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells