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Shipwreck vs Sinking - What's the difference?

shipwreck | sinking |

As nouns the difference between shipwreck and sinking

is that shipwreck is a ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy while sinking is the act or process of sinking.

As verbs the difference between shipwreck and sinking

is that shipwreck is to wreck a boat through a collision or mishap while sinking is .

shipwreck

English

(wikipedia shipwreck)

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
    • (Dryden)
  • An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
  • (figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
  • * Bible, 1 Timothy 1. 19
    • Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck .
  • * J. Morley
    • It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck .

    Derived terms

    * shipwrecky

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

    • See also

    * castaway

    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