dip vs duck

dip and duck both are nouns.

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

As verbs, duck is a hyponym of dip; that is, duck is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dip:

Other hyponyms of dip include sop, dip, douse, dabble.

As verbs, dip and duck are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of dip include douse.

dip (noun)	duck (noun)
a brief swim in water	small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms	a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow	flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity	(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
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)	duck (verb)
stain an object by immersing it in a liquid	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
go down momentarily	to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
dip into a liquid while eating	submerge or plunge suddenly
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	dip into a liquid
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