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Difference Between Diveable and Diving

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Diveable

Suitable for diving.
Two of the three shipwrecks are diveable.
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Diving

To plunge, especially headfirst, into water.
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Diving

To execute a dive in athletic competition.
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Diving

To participate in the sport of competitive diving.
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Diving

To go toward the bottom of a body of water
We dove down to check the anchor.
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Diving

To engage in the sport of scuba diving.
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Diving

To submerge under power. Used of a submarine.
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Diving

To fall head down through the air.
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Diving

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

To engage in the sport of skydiving.
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Diving

To drop sharply and rapidly; plummet
Stock prices dove 100 points in a single day of trading.
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Diving

To rush headlong and vanish into something
The fugitive dove into the crowd and escaped.
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Diving

To plunge one's hand into something
Dove into the cookie jar.
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Diving

To lunge or leap headfirst
Dove for the loose ball.
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Diving

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

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

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

To go scuba-diving to or along
We dove that reef last week.
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Diving

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

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

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

A rapid or abrupt decrease
Stock prices took a dive.
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Diving

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

A run-down residence.
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Diving

A knockout feigned by a prizefighter
The challenger took a dive.
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Diving

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

A lunge or a headlong jump
Made a dive to catch the falling teacup.
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Diving

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

Present participle of dive
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Diving

The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
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Diving

The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
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Diving

Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment.
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Diving

The act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure a undeserved penalty.
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Diving

That or who dives or dive.
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Diving

That dives or is used or diving.
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Diving

An athletic competition that involves diving into water
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Diving

A headlong plunge into water
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