sink vs droop

sink and droop both are nouns.

sink and droop both are verbs.

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

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

sink: fall or descend to a lower place or level
droop: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Other hyponyms of sink include drop open, fall open, flag, sag, swag, sag, sag down.

sink (noun)	droop (noun)
plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe	a shape that sags
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

sink (verb)	droop (verb)
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly	become limp
embed deeply	droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
go under	hang loosely or laxly
fall or descend to a lower place or level
cause to sink
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

Difference between sink and droop

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