pitch vs dip

pitch and dip both are nouns.

pitch and dip both are verbs.

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

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

pitch: be at an angle
dip: slope downwards

Other hyponyms of pitch include ascend, stoop, fall, climb.

pitch (noun)	dip (noun)
the action or manner of throwing something	a brief swim in water
an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump	a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
a high approach shot in golf	a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it	a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)	a brief immersion
the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration	tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane	a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
promotion by means of an argument and demonstration	(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)	a depression in an otherwise level surface
a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

pitch (verb)	dip (verb)
set to a certain pitch	stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
set the level or character of	go down momentarily
lead (a card) and establish the trump suit	dip into a liquid while eating
throw or toss with a light motion	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
erect and fasten	plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin	immerse in a disinfectant solution
throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball	scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
fall or plunge forward	place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
be at an angle	dip into a liquid
heel over	appear to move downward
move abruptly	slope downwards
sell or offer for sale from place to place	lower briefly
	switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
	take a small amount from

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