The difference between Dunk and Sink

When used as nouns, dunk means the act of dunking, particularly in basketball, whereas sink means a basin used for holding water for washing.

When used as verbs, dunk means to submerge briefly in 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 Dunk and Sink

  1. Dunk as a verb:

    To submerge briefly in a liquid.

    Examples:

    "I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider."

  2. Dunk as a verb:

    To set down carelessly.

    Examples:

    "Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV."

  3. Dunk as a verb (ambitransitive, basketball):

    To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

    Examples:

    "The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority."

  1. Dunk as a noun:

    The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.

    Examples:

    "The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk."

  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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