dip vs draw off

draw off vs dip

dip is a noun but draw off is not a noun.

dip and draw off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dip	Yes	No	Yes	No
draw off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, draw off is a hypernym of dip; that is, draw off is a word with a broader meaning than dip:

dip: take a small amount from
draw off: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

Other hypernyms of dip include draw, take out, withdraw.

dip (noun)	draw off (noun)
a brief swim in water
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
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)	draw off (verb)
stain an object by immersing it in a liquid	remove by drawing or pulling
go down momentarily	remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
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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