Delve vs. Dwell — What's the Difference?

To search deeply and laboriously

To live as a resident; reside.

To research or make inquiries into something

To exist in a given place or state

To undertake an activity or occupation undeterred by difficulty or uncertainty

To fasten one's attention on something, especially moodily or persistently

To discuss or explain something, especially in detail

To speak or write at length; expatiate

To enter or move into an area in which movement is difficult

(engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.

To dig the ground, as with a spade.

(engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.

(Archaic) To dig (ground) with a spade.

(electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.

(intransitive) To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.

(automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).

(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

To live; to reside.

(ambitransitive) To dig; to excavate.

On To linger on a particular thought, idea, etc.; to remain fixated on something.

A pit or den.

To be in a given state.

To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.

(intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.

To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.

To delay; to linger.

To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.

To abide; to remain; to continue.

A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.

To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.

Turn up, loosen, or remove earth;

To inhabit.

Think moodily or anxiously about something

Originate (in);

Make one's home or live in;

Come back to;