feign vs take a dive

feign and take a dive both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feign	No	No	Yes	No
take a dive	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take a dive is a hyponym of feign; that is, take a dive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than feign:

Other hyponyms of feign include play possum, bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat, mouth.

feign (verb)	take a dive (verb)
make believe with the intent to deceive	pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer
make a pretence of