Sink vs. Washbasin

Sink vs. Washbasin — Is There a Difference?
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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 face

Sinkverb

(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)

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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 reputation

Sinkverb

(intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

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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 debt

Sinkverb

(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 dioxide

Sinknoun

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 knees

Sinkverb

cause to sink;

The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor

Sinkverb

pass into a specified state or condition;

He sank into Nirvana

Sinkverb

go under,

The raft sank and its occupants drowned

Sinkverb

descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;

He sank into bedShe subsided into the chair

Sinkverb

appear to move downward;

The sun dipped below the horizonThe setting sun sank below the tree line

Sinkverb

fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;

The real estate market fell off

Sinkverb

fall or sink heavily;

He slumped onto the couchMy spirits sank

Sinkverb

embed deeply;

She sank her fingers into the soft sandHe buried his head in her lap