plunge vs dip

plunge and dip both are nouns.

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

As nouns, plunge and dip are synonyms defined as:

As verbs, plunge and dip are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of plunge include douse, dunk, souse.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of plunge include dunk, douse, dunk, plunge, souse, submerge, submerse, soak, sheathe.

plunge (noun)	dip (noun)
a brief swim in water	a brief swim in water
a steep and rapid fall	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

plunge (verb)	dip (verb)
begin with vigor	stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
devote (oneself) fully to	go down momentarily
cause to be immersed	dip into a liquid while eating
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
thrust or throw into	plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
fall abruptly	immerse in a disinfectant solution
drop steeply	scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity	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