The difference between Dip and Sink

When used as nouns, dip means a lower section of a road or geological feature, whereas sink means a basin used for holding water for washing.

When used as verbs, dip means to lower into a liquid, whereas sink means to descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dip and Sink

  1. Dip as a noun:

    A lower section of a road or geological feature.

    Examples:

    "There is a dip in the road ahead."

  2. Dip as a noun:

    Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

  3. Dip as a noun:

    The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.

  4. Dip as a noun:

    A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.

  5. Dip as a noun:

    A dip stick.

  6. Dip as a noun:

    A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.

    Examples:

    "I'm going for a dip before breakfast."

  7. Dip as a noun (colloquial, dated):

    A pickpocket.

  8. Dip as a noun:

    A sauce for dipping.

    Examples:

    "This onion dip is just scrumptious."

  9. Dip as a noun (geology):

    The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.

  10. Dip as a noun (archaic):

    A dipped candle.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Marryat"

  11. Dip as a noun (dance):

    a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader

  12. Dip as a noun:

    A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.

  13. Dip as a noun:

    In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.

  14. Dip as a noun (aeronautics):

    A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.

  15. Dip as a noun (uncountable):

    The moist form of snuff tobacco.

  1. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To lower into a liquid.

    Examples:

    "Dip your biscuit into your tea''."

  2. Dip as a verb (intransitive):

    To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

  3. Dip as a verb (intransitive):

    To decrease slightly.

  4. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To lower a light's beam.

    Examples:

    "Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car."

  5. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

    Examples:

    "“The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”"

  6. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.

    Examples:

    "The farmer is going to dip the cattle today."

  7. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.

  8. Dip as a verb:

    To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.

    Examples:

    "rfex en"

  9. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To immerse for baptism.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Fuller"

  10. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.

  11. Dip as a verb (intransitive):

    To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

  12. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.

    Examples:

    "to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water"

  13. Dip as a verb (intransitive):

    To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.

  14. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.

  15. Dip as a verb (transitive):

    To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.

  16. Dip as a verb (intransitive):

    To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.

    Examples:

    "Strata of rock dip."

  17. Dip as a verb (transitive, dance):

    To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)

  18. Dip as a verb:

    To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.

  19. Dip as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):

    To leave.

    Examples:

    "He dipped out of the room so fast."

  1. Dip as a noun:

    A foolish person.

  1. Dip as a noun (computer graphics):

  1. Dip as a noun (informal):

    A diplomat.

  1. Sink as a verb (physical):

    To move or be moved into something. To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. To cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight. To push (something) into something. To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.

    Examples:

    "A stone sinks in water.  nowrap The sun gradually sank in the west."

    "The joint will hold tighter if you sink a wood screw through both boards.  nowrap The dog sank its teeth into the delivery man's leg."

  2. Sink as a verb (social):

    To diminish or be diminished. To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression. To cause to decline; to depress or degrade. To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

    Examples:

    "to sink one's reputation"

  3. Sink as a verb (transitive, slang, archaic):

    To conceal and appropriate.

  4. Sink as a verb (transitive, slang, archaic):

    To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

  5. Sink as a verb (transitive, slang, archaic):

    To reduce or extinguish by payment.

    Examples:

    "to sink the national debt"

  6. Sink as a verb (intransitive):

    To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

  7. Sink as a verb (intransitive):

    To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

  1. Sink as a noun:

    A basin used for holding water for washing

  2. Sink as a noun:

    A drain for carrying off wastewater

  3. Sink as a noun (geology):

    A sinkhole

  4. Sink as a noun:

    A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet

  5. Sink as a noun:

    A heat sink

  6. Sink as a noun:

    A place that absorbs resources or energy

  7. Sink as a noun (baseball):

    The motion of a sinker pitch

    Examples:

    "Jones' has a two-seamer with heavy sink."

  8. Sink as a noun (computing, programming):

    An object or callback that captures events; event sink

  9. Sink as a noun (graph theory):

    a destination vertex in a transportation network

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