Engulf vs. Ingulf — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Engulf and Ingulf
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Engulf
To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing
The spring tide engulfed the beach houses.
Ingulf
Ingulf (Latin: Ingulphus; died 16 November 1109) was the Benedictine abbot of Crowland from 1087.
Engulf
(transitive) To overwhelm.
Desperation engulfed her after her daughter's death.
Ingulf
Archaic form of engulf
Engulf
(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.
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Ingulf
To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.
A river large . . . Passed underneath ingulfed.
Engulf
(transitive) To cast into a gulf.
Engulf
To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
It quite engulfs all human thought.
Engulf
Engross (oneself) fully;
He immersed himself into his studies
Engulf
Flow over or cover completely;
The bright light engulfed him completely
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