Hi, the meaning of three verbs are completely different. Se baigner = to enter the water/to go for a swim Se doucher = to take a shower Se lever = to stand up (from bed in the morning as well as from a chair or from the ground at anytime)

je suis tres desole pour la reponse retard, Caroline! Merci pour ta reponse, c'est tres utile. Bon journee a toi aussi :)

Bonjour Kirsten, La langue Française est pleine de subtilité :) Se laver : prendre un bain ou une douche, in English I would translate it by take a shower or a bath. Meaning cleaning ourself, can be a bath or a shower. Se doucher : prendre une douche . So only showering. Se baigner : Se baigner dans la mer, dans l'océan ou dans la piscine. It's not showering or getting clean but more enjoying the water, either at the beach or at the pool. J'espère t'avoir aider, Belle journée

Hahah, thank you for your helpful response, Chris! I made a typo in the question title and meant to ask if there was any difference between se laver and se baigner. The direct translation of "se laver" would be "to wash up" - I'm not sure whether this could be used when one washes their body quickly after waking up in the morning, or if it's only limited to washing one's face in the morning. If it's the former, it seems to be interchangeable with se baigner. Just wanted to use this platform to get a confirmation on this; I can't exactly submit questions to a dictionary...!

Time to open a dictionary and answer your own question.