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Diving vs Sinking - What's the difference?

diving | sinking |

As verbs the difference between diving and sinking

is that diving is while sinking is .

As nouns the difference between diving and sinking

is that diving is the action of the verb to dive in any sense while sinking is the act or process of sinking.

As an adjective diving

is that or who dives or dive.

diving

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia diving)
  • The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
  • The sport of jumping head first into water.
  • The practice of swimming underwater, especially using a scuba system, and especially for recreation.

    • Derived terms

    * altitude diving * buddy diving * cage diving, cage-diving * cave diving, cave-diving * clearance diving * cliff diving, cliff-diving * deep diving * deep-sea diving * diving bell, diving-bell * diving board, diving-board * diving boat * diving chamber * diving cylinder * diving dress, diving-dress * diving event * diving helmet * diving mask * diving medicine * diving plane, diving-plane * diving platform * diving reel * diving reflex * diving regulator * diving shot * diving suit, diving-suit * diving support vessel * drift diving * ducking and diving * dumpster diving, dumpster-diving * fancy diving * fire diving * free diving, free-diving, freediving * group diving * ice diving * kayak diving * mammalian diving reflex * mud diving * muff diving, muff-diving * naval diving * night diving * no clear surface diving * Olympic diving * open-water diving * pearl diving, pearl-diving * penetration diving * plunge diving * police diving * professional diving * recreational diving * saturation diving * scuba diving, scuba-diving * skin diving, skin-diving, skindiving * skip diving * sky diving, sky-diving, skydiving * snorkel diving * solo diving * sport diving * stage diving, stage-diving * surface supplied diving * synchronised diving, synchronized diving * technical diving * trash diving * wreck diving

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That or who dives or dive.

    • Derived terms

    * coastal diving bird * diving beetle * diving duck * diving goiter, diving goitre * diving header * diving loop * diving petrel, diving-petrel * diving-pigeon * the Diving Saucer * diving spider, diving-spider * Law's diving-goose

    See also

    * diving stone

    Anagrams

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    sinking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * like rats from a sinking ship

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of sinking.
    • I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.
  • * 1857 , Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
    • We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district