go down vs dip

go down is not a noun while dip is a noun.

go down and dip both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
go down	No	No	Yes	No
dip	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

go down: grow smaller
dip: go down momentarily

Other hyponyms of go down include wear on, drop.

go down (noun)	dip (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

go down (verb)	dip (verb)
grow smaller	stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
stop operating	go down momentarily
be defeated	dip into a liquid while eating
be ingested	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
go under	plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
disappear beyond the horizon	immerse in a disinfectant solution
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way	scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
be recorded or remembered	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

Difference between go down and dip

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