What is the difference between ""dip"" and ""dunk"" and ""immerse"" ? | HiNative

Dip is a smaller amount.

Dunk is a larger amount

Immerse is a giant ammount

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1. dip or submerge in a liquid:

【液体などに】(完全に)…を沈める, 浸す «in» (→ dip)

e.g. immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes.

baptize (someone) by immersion in water.

〘宗〙 浸礼を施す〘キリスト教で全身を水に浸す洗礼法〙

2. (immerse oneself or be immersed) involve oneself deeply in a particular activity or interest:

〖～ oneself/be ～d〗 【仕事･娯楽などに】熱中［没頭］する «in» ; 【困難な状況などに】巻き込まれる «in»

e.g. she immersed herself in her work

e.g. she was still immersed in her thoughts.

early 17th century: from Latin immers- ‘dipped into’, from the verb immergere, from in- ‘in’ + mergere ‘to dip’.