change posture vs sink

sink vs change posture

change posture is not a noun while sink is a noun.

change posture and sink both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
change posture	No	No	Yes	No
sink	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, sink is a hyponym of change posture; that is, sink is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than change posture:

change posture: undergo a change in bodily posture
sink: fall or descend to a lower place or level

Other hyponyms of change posture include straighten, arise, get up, rise, stand up, uprise, fall, fall, fall down, right, sit, sit down, lie, lie down, drop, drop down, hump, hunch, hunch forward, hunch over, straighten, unbend, bow, uncurl, sit up.

change posture (noun)	sink (noun)
	plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
	a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
	a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
	(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

change posture (verb)	sink (verb)
undergo a change in bodily posture	fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
	embed deeply
	go under
	fall or descend to a lower place or level
	cause to sink
	fall or sink heavily
	appear to move downward
	descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
	pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

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