Settle vs Sink - What's the Difference?

Settle

Sink

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a long wooden bench with a back
Definition as Noun
  • plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
  • (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
  • a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
  • a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Definition as Verb
  • become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
  • establish or develop as a residence
  • come to rest
  • arrange or fix in the desired order
  • accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
  • end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
  • dispose of; make a financial settlement
  • become clear by the sinking of particles
  • cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
  • form a community
  • bring to an end; settle conclusively
  • fix firmly
  • come as if by falling
  • make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
  • get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
  • take up residence and become established
  • come to terms
  • become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
  • settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
  • go under
  • settle conclusively; come to terms
  • sink down or precipitate
Definition as Verb
  • cause to sink
  • embed deeply
  • appear to move downward
  • fall or descend to a lower place or level
  • pass into a specified state or condition
  • go under
  • fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
  • fall or sink heavily
  • descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

Synonyms

Examples

  • "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"
  • "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
  • "She settled the teacart"
  • "We settled for a lower price"
  • "The two parties finally settled"
  • "the liquid gradually settled"
  • "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
  • "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
  • "He ensconced himself in the chair"
  • "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
  • "let's finalize the proposal"
  • "I finally settled with my old enemy"
  • "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
  • "After some discussion we finally made up"
  • "He finally settled down"
  • "dust settled on the roofs"
  • "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
  • "We finally settled the argument"
  • "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
  • "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"
  • "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
  • "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
  • "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
  • "He sank to his knees"
  • "He sank into nirvana"
  • "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
  • "The real estate market fell off"
  • "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
  • "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb

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