dip vs wane

dip and wane both are nouns.

dip and wane both are verbs.

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

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

dip: go down momentarily
wane: grow smaller

Other hypernyms of dip include decline, go down.

dip (noun)	wane (noun)
a brief swim in water	a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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)	wane (verb)
stain an object by immersing it in a liquid	become smaller
go down momentarily	decrease in phase
dip into a liquid while eating	grow smaller
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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