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Dip vs. Slope

Difference Between Dip and Slope

Dip

To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
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Slope

In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line. Slope is often denoted by the letter m; there is no clear answer to the question why the letter m is used for slope, but its earliest use in English appears in O'Brien (1844) who wrote the equation of a straight line as "y = mx + b" and it can also be found in Todhunter (1888) who wrote it as "y = mx + c".Slope is calculated by finding the ratio of the "vertical change" to the "horizontal change" between (any) two distinct points on a line.
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Dip

To color or dye by immersing
dip Easter eggs.
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Slope

a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface
he slithered helplessly down the slope
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Dip

To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.
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Slope

a person from East Asia, especially Vietnam.
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Dip

To form (a candle) by repeatedly immersing a wick in melted wax or tallow.
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Slope

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down
the garden sloped down to a stream
the ceiling sloped
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Dip

To galvanize or plate (metal) by immersion.
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Slope

move in an idle or aimless manner
I had seen Don sloping about the beach
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Dip

To scoop up by plunging the hand or a receptacle below the surface, as of a liquid; ladle
dip water out of a bucket.
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Slope

To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline
a roof that slopes.
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Dip

To lower and raise (a flag) in salute.
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Slope

To move or walk
"Without another word he turned and sloped off down the driveway" (Roald Dahl).
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Dip

To lower or drop (something) suddenly
dipped my head to avoid the branch.
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Slope

To cause to slope
sloped the path down the bank.
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Dip

(Slang) To pick the pockets of.
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Slope

An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.
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Dip

To plunge into water or other liquid and come out quickly.
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Slope

A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline
ski slopes.
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Dip

To plunge the hand or a receptacle into liquid or a container, especially so as to take something up or out
I dipped into my pocket for some coins.
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Slope

A deviation from the horizontal.
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Dip

To withdraw a small amount from a fund
We dipped into our savings.
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Slope

The amount or degree of such deviation.
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Dip

To drop down or sink out of sight suddenly
The sun dipped below the horizon.
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Slope

The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.
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Dip

To drop suddenly before climbing. Used of an aircraft.
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Slope

The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.
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Dip

To slope downward; decline
The road dipped.
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Slope

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.
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Dip

To decline slightly and usually temporarily
Sales dipped after Christmas.
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Slope

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
a steep slope
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Dip

(Geology) To lie at an angle to the horizontal plane, as a rock stratum or vein.
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Slope

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
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Dip

To read here and there at random; browse
dipping into Chaucer.
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Slope

(mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
The slope of this line is 0.5
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Dip

To investigate a subject superficially; dabble
dipped into psychology.
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Slope

(mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.
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Dip

(Slang) To steal by picking pockets.
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Slope

The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
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Dip

To place a preparation of finely shredded tobacco in one's mouth.
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Slope

A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
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Dip

A brief plunge or immersion, especially a quick swim.
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Slope

(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
The road slopes sharply down at that point.
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Dip

A liquid into which something is dipped, as for dyeing or disinfecting.
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Slope

(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
to slope the ground in a garden;
to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment
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Dip

A savory creamy mixture into which crackers, raw vegetables, or other foods may be dipped.
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Slope

To try to move surreptitiously.
I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.
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Dip

An amount taken up by dipping.
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Slope

(military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
The order was given to "slope arms".
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Dip

A container for dipping.
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Slope

(obsolete) Sloping.
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Dip

A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax.
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Slope

(obsolete) slopingly
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Dip

A downward slope; a decline.
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Slope

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.
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Dip

A sharp downward course; a drop
a dip in prices.
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Slope

Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
Under the slopes of Pisgah.
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Dip

(Geology) The downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon.
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Slope

The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
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Dip

(Linguistics) A part of a phrase or sentence that is unstressed or less strongly stressed relative to surrounding words, as the words I and to in I have to go.
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Slope

Sloping.
A bank not steep, but gently slope.
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Dip

The unstressed portion of a metrical foot.
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Slope

In a sloping manner.
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Dip

Magnetic dip.
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Slope

To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
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Dip

A hollow or depression.
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Slope

To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
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Dip

(Sports) A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered by bending the elbows until the chin reaches the level of the bars and then is raised by straightening the arms.
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Slope

To depart; to disappear suddenly.
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Dip

(Slang) A pickpocket.
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Slope

an elevated geological formation;
he climbed the steep slope
the house was built on the side of the mountain
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Dip

(Slang) A foolish or stupid person.
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Slope

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;
a five-degree gradient
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Dip

A preparation of finely shredded tobacco, usually placed between the lower lip and gum. Also called snuff.
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Slope

be at an angle;
The terrain sloped down
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Dip

A lower section of a road or geological feature.
There is a dip in the road ahead.
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Dip

Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
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Dip

The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
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Dip

A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
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Dip

A dip stick.
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Dip

A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
I’m going for a dip before breakfast.
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Dip

A pickpocket.
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Dip

A sauce for dipping.
This onion dip is just scrumptious.
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Dip

(geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
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Dip

(archaic) A dipped candle.
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Dip

(dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
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Dip

(bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
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Dip

(turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
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Dip

(aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
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Dip

(uncountable) The moist form of snuff tobacco.
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Dip

The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
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Dip

Fried bread.
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Dip

A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
buy the dips
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Dip

(informal) A foolish person.
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Dip

(informal) A diplomat.
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Dip

(transitive) To lower into a liquid.
Dip your biscuit into your tea.
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Dip

(intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
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Dip

(intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
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Dip

(transitive) To lower a light's beam.
Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
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Dip

(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.
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Dip

(transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
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Dip

(transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
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Dip

To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
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Dip

(transitive) To immerse for baptism.
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Dip

(transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
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Dip

(intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
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Dip

(transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water
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Dip

(intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
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Dip

(transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
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Dip

(transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
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Dip

(intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
Strata of rock dip.
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Dip

To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
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Dip

To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
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Dip

To leave.
He dipped out of the room so fast.
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Dip

To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
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Dip

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
The priest shall dip his finger in the blood.
[Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny deep.
While the prime swallow dips his wing.
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Dip

To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.
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Dip

To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
A cold shuddering dewDips me all o'er.
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Dip

To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons.
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Dip

To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; - often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water.
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Dip

To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
Live on the use and never dip thy lands.
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Dip

To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out.
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Dip

To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.
Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot.
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Dip

To pierce; to penetrate; - followed by in or into.
When I dipt into the future.
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Dip

To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; - followed by in or into.
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Dip

To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.
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Dip

To dip snuff.
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Dip

The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
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Dip

Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
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Dip

a hollow or depression in a surface, especially in the ground.
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Dip

A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.
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Dip

A dipped candle.
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Dip

A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
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Dip

In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation, which is dipped out from incisions in the trees; as, virgin dip (the runnings of the first year), yellow dip (the runnings of subsequent years).
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Dip

A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
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Dip

a liquid, in which objects are soaked by dipping; e.g., a parasiticide or insecticide solution into which animals are dipped (see sheep-dip).
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Dip

a sauce into which foods are dipped to enhance the flavor; e. g., an onion dip made from sour cream and dried onions, into which potato chips are dipped.
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Dip

a pickpocket.
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Dip

a depression in an otherwise level surface;
there was a dip in the road
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Dip

(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
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Dip

a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
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Dip

tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
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Dip

a brief immersion
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Dip

a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index
there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery
a dip in prices
when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
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Dip

a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
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Dip

a brief swim in water
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Dip

a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
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Dip

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate;
dip the garment into the cleaning solution
dip the brush into the paint
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Dip

dip into a liquid while eating;
She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce
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Dip

go down momentarily;
Prices dipped
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Dip

stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
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Dip

switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
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Dip

lower briefly;
She dipped her knee
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Dip

appear to move downward;
The sun dipped below the horizon
The setting sun sank below the tree line
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Dip

slope downwards;
Our property dips towards the river
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Dip

dip into a liquid;
He dipped into the pool
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Dip

of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
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Dip

immerse in a disinfectant solution;
dip the sheep
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Dip

scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface;
dip water out of a container
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