sink vs collapse

collapse vs sink

sink and collapse both are nouns.

sink and collapse both are verbs.

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

As verbs, collapse is a hypernym of sink; that is, collapse is a word with a broader meaning than sink:

sink: fall or sink heavily
collapse: break down, literally or metaphorically

Other hypernyms of sink include break, cave in, fall in, founder, give, give way.

sink (noun)	collapse (noun)
plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe	the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it	a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof	a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system	an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

sink (verb)	collapse (verb)
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly	collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
embed deeply	lose significance, effectiveness, or value
go under	suffer a nervous breakdown
fall or descend to a lower place or level	break down, literally or metaphorically
cause to sink	fold or close up
fall or sink heavily	fall apart
appear to move downward	cause to burst
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

Difference between sink and collapse

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