Seep vs. Sip

Seepnoun

a small spring, pool, or other place where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface

Sipnoun

A small mouthful of drink

Seepnoun

moisture that seeps out; a seepage

Sipverb

(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

Seepnoun

A seafloor vent

Sipverb

(intransitive) To drink a small quantity.

Seepverb

to ooze, or pass slowly through pores or other small openings

Sipverb

To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

Seepverb

To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze.

‘Water seeps up through the sidewalks.’;

Sipverb

alternative form of seep

Seepverb

pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

Sipverb

(figurative) to consume slowly — (usually) in contrast to faster consumption, (sometimes) in contrast to zero consumption

Sipverb

To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.

Sipverb

To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.

Sipverb

To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

‘They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.’;

Sipverb

To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.

‘[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace;Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.’;

Sipnoun

The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.

Sipnoun

A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.

‘One sip of thisWill bathe the drooping spirits in delightBeyond the bliss of dreams.’; ‘A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy.’;

Sipnoun

a small drink

Sipverb

drink in sips;

‘She was sipping her tea’;