taper vs dip

taper and dip both are nouns.

taper and dip both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
taper	Yes	No	Yes	No
dip	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, dip is a hyponym of taper; that is, dip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than taper:

taper: stick of wax with a wick in the middle
dip: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

Other hyponyms of taper include chandlery, rush candle, rushlight, vigil candle, vigil light.

taper (noun)	dip (noun)
stick of wax with a wick in the middle	a brief swim in water
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame	a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)	a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
a convex shape that narrows toward a point	a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
	a brief immersion
	tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
	a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
	(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
	a depression in an otherwise level surface

taper (verb)	dip (verb)
give a point to	stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
diminish gradually	go down momentarily
	dip into a liquid while eating
	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
	plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
	immerse in a disinfectant solution
	scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
	place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
	dip into a liquid
	appear to move downward
	slope downwards
	lower briefly
	switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
	take a small amount from

Difference between taper and dip

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