sink vs swag

sink and swag both are nouns.

sink and swag both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

sink (noun)	swag (noun)
plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe	a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it	goods or money obtained illegally
a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof	valuable goods
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

sink (verb)	swag (verb)
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly	sway heavily or unsteadily
embed deeply	walk as if unable to control one's movements
go under	droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
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 swag

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