sub vs submersible

sub

noun
  • A submarine. 

  • Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished. 

  • A subtitle. 

  • A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun. 

  • A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does). 

  • A substitute, often in sports or teaching. 

  • A subcontractor. 

  • A subeditor. 

  • A subwoofer. 

  • A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc. 

  • A submissive. 

  • A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed. 

prep
  • Under. 

verb
  • To replace (a player) with a substitute. 

  • To substitute for. 

  • To lend. 

  • To subscribe. 

  • To take a submissive role. 

  • To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating. 

  • To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education. 

  • To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample. 

  • Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute. 

  • To subtitle (usually a film or television program). 

  • To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit. 

submersible

noun
  • A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration. 

  • A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed "true submersibles", because they cannot retroactively declare that their non-nuclear submarines should be called by a different name. 

  • A very small "baby" submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications. Slang synonyms: midget-submarine, anchor. 

  • A retroactive term used for non-nuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed "true submarines". 

adj
  • Able to be submerged. 

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