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sink vs float

float vs sink

sink and float both are nouns.

sink and float both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sink Yes No Yes No
float Yes No Yes No
sink (noun) float (noun)
plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it something that floats on the surface of water
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 hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
a drink with ice cream floating in it
the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
sink (verb) float (verb)
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
embed deeply allow (currencies) to fluctuate
go under make the surface of level or smooth
fall or descend to a lower place or level put into the water
cause to sink be in motion due to some air or water current
fall or sink heavily be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
appear to move downward set afloat
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place move lightly, as if suspended
pass into a specified state or condition; sink into circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
Difference between sink and float

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