Drip vs. Dip — What's the Difference?

To fall in drops

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

To shed drops

To color or dye by immersing

To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid

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

To let fall in or as if in drops

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

The process of forming and falling in drops.

To galvanize or plate (metal) by immersion.

Liquid or moisture that falls in drops.

To scoop up by plunging the hand or a receptacle below the surface, as of a liquid; ladle

A slight intermittent flow or leak

To lower and raise (a flag) in salute.

See drip feed.

To lower or drop (something) suddenly

The sound made by liquid falling in drops

(Slang) To pick the pockets of.

A projection on a cornice or sill from which rainwater can drip, protecting the wall below.

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

(Slang) A tiresome or annoying person.

To plunge the hand or a receptacle into liquid or a container, especially so as to take something up or out

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.

To withdraw a small amount from a fund

(intransitive) To leak slowly.

To drop down or sink out of sight suddenly

(transitive) To let fall in drops.

To drop suddenly before climbing. Used of an aircraft.

To have a superabundance of valuable things.

To slope downward; decline

To rain lightly.

To decline slightly and usually temporarily

(intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.

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

To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

To read here and there at random; browse

A drop of a liquid.

To investigate a subject superficially; dabble

A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.

(Slang) To steal by picking pockets.

(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.

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

(colloquial) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.

A brief plunge or immersion, especially a quick swim.

(architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.

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

Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.

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

(finance) A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing.

An amount taken up by dipping.

To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

A container for dipping.

To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.

A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax.

To let fall in drops.

A downward slope; a decline.

A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.

A sharp downward course; a drop

That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water.

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

Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid;

(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.

The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop;

The unstressed portion of a metrical foot.

(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

Magnetic dip.

Fall in drops;

A hollow or depression.

Let or cause to fall in drops;

(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.

(Slang) A pickpocket.

(Slang) A foolish or stupid person.

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

A lower section of a road or geological feature.

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

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

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

A dip stick.

A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.

A pickpocket.

A sauce for dipping.

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

(archaic) A dipped candle.

(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.

(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.

(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.

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

(uncountable) The moist form of snuff tobacco.

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

Fried bread.

A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.

(informal) A foolish person.

(informal) A diplomat.

(transitive) To lower into a liquid.

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

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

(transitive) To lower a light's beam.

(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.

(transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.

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

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.

(transitive) To immerse for baptism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.

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

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

To leave.

To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.

To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.

To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

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.

To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.

To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.

To pierce; to penetrate; - followed by in or into.

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

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

To dip snuff.

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

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

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

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

A dipped candle.

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.

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).

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

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

A pickpocket.

A depression in an otherwise level surface;

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

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

Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

A brief immersion

A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;

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

A brief swim in water

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

Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate;

Dip into a liquid while eating;

Go down momentarily;

Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

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

Lower briefly;

Appear to move downward;

Slope downwards;

Dip into a liquid;

Of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax

Immerse in a disinfectant solution;

Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface;