sink vs plant

sink and plant both are nouns.

sink and plant both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of sink include embed, engraft, imbed, implant.

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

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