Sink vs. Washbasin
Difference Between Sink and Washbasin
Sinkverb
To move or be moved into something.
Washbasinnoun
A basin used for washing, particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.
Sinkverb
(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
A stone sinks in water.The sun gradually sank in the west.Washbasinnoun
a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face;
he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his faceSinkverb
(transitive) To cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
Washbasinnoun
a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression)
Sinkverb
(transitive) To push (something) into something.
The joint will hold tighter if you sink a wood screw through both boards.The dog sank its teeth into the delivery man's leg.Sinkverb
To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
Sinkverb
To diminish or be diminished.
Sinkverb
To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
Sinkverb
To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
to sink one's reputationSinkverb
(intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
Sinkverb
To conceal and appropriate.
Sinkverb
To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
Sinkverb
To reduce or extinguish by payment.
to sink the national debtSinkverb
(intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
Sinkverb
(intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
Sinknoun
A basin used for holding water for washing
Sinknoun
A drain for carrying off wastewater
Sinknoun
(geology) A sinkhole
Sinknoun
A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet
Sinknoun
A heat sink
Sinknoun
A place that absorbs resources or energy
Sinknoun
(baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch
Jones' has a two-seamer with heavy sink.Sinknoun
An object or callback that captures events; event sink
Sinknoun
(graph theory) a destination vertex in a transportation network
Sinknoun
plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
Sinknoun
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system;
the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxideSinknoun
a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Sinknoun
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
Sinkverb
fall or drop to a lower place or level;
He sank to his kneesSinkverb
cause to sink;
The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl HarborSinkverb
pass into a specified state or condition;
He sank into NirvanaSinkverb
go under,
The raft sank and its occupants drownedSinkverb
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;
He sank into bedShe subsided into the chairSinkverb
appear to move downward;
The sun dipped below the horizonThe setting sun sank below the tree lineSinkverb
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;
The real estate market fell offSinkverb
fall or sink heavily;
He slumped onto the couchMy spirits sankSinkverb
embed deeply;
She sank her fingers into the soft sandHe buried his head in her lap
