dip vs candle

dip and candle both are nouns.

dip and candle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dip	Yes	No	Yes	No
candle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, candle is a hypernym of dip; that is, candle is a word with a broader meaning than dip:

dip: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
candle: stick of wax with a wick in the middle

Other hypernyms of dip include taper, wax light.

dip (noun)	candle (noun)
a brief swim in water	stick of wax with a wick in the middle
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms	the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
a brief immersion
tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
a depression in an otherwise level surface

dip (verb)	candle (verb)
stain an object by immersing it in a liquid	examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light
go down momentarily
dip into a liquid while eating
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
immerse in a disinfectant solution
scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
dip into a liquid
appear to move downward
slope downwards
lower briefly
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
take a small amount from

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