Launch vs. Lunge: What's the Difference?

To throw or propel with force; hurl

A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.

To set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion

A sudden forward movement or plunge.

(Nautical) To put (a boat) into the water in readiness for use.

To make a sudden thrust or pass.

To set going; initiate

To move with a sudden thrust.

To introduce to the public or to a market

To cause (someone) to lunge.

To give (someone) a start, as in a career or vocation.

A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.

To begin a new venture or phase; embark

A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.

To enter enthusiastically into something; plunge

An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.

The act of launching.

A fish, the namaycush.

A large ship's boat.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).

A large, open motorboat.

(transitive) To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).

(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.

To pierce with, or as with, a lance.

Same as Namaycush.

(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.

To make a lunge.

(transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.

To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter.

(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation

The act of moving forward suddenly

To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.

Make a thrusting forward movement

(transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale

(intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.

To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.

To start to operate.

The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)

The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).

An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.

(nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".

(nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.

(nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.

To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.

To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.

To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.

To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; - often with out.

The act of launching.

The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.

The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.

A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

The act of propelling with force

Set up or found;

Propel with force;

Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage;

Begin with vigor;

Get going; give impetus to;

Smoothen the surface of;