plant vs sink

plant and sink both are nouns.

plant and sink both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plant	Yes	No	Yes	No
sink	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

plant: fix or set securely or deeply
sink: embed deeply

Other hyponyms of plant include pot, nest, bury.

plant (noun)	sink (noun)
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion	plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
buildings for carrying on industrial labor	a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
something planted secretly for discovery by another	a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience	(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

plant (verb)	sink (verb)
put firmly in the mind	fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground	embed deeply
fix or set securely or deeply	go under
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive	fall or descend to a lower place or level
set up or lay the groundwork for	cause to sink
place into a river	fall or sink heavily
	appear to move downward
	descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
	pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

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