dunk vs dip

dunk and dip both are nouns.

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

As verbs, dunk and dip are synonyms defined as:

As verbs, dunk and dip are synonyms defined as:

dunk and dip: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

Other synonyms of dunk include douse, plunge, souse.

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

Other hyponyms of dunk include sop, douse, duck, dabble.

dunk (noun)	dip (noun)
a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket	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

dunk (verb)	dip (verb)
dip into a liquid while eating	stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	go down momentarily
make a dunk shot, in basketball	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