sink vs value

sink

verb
  • To make by digging or delving. 

  • To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals. 

  • To cause to decline; to depress or degrade. 

  • To drink (especially something alcoholic). 

  • To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight. 

  • To push (something) into something. 

  • To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole. 

  • To pay absolutely. 

  • To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength. 

  • To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. 

  • To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. 

  • To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression. 

noun
  • An object or callback that captures events; an event sink. 

  • A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery. 

  • Descending motion; descent. 

  • A depression in a stereotype plate. 

  • A destination vertex in a transportation network. 

  • An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place. 

  • A sinkhole. 

  • A drain for carrying off wastewater. 

  • An excavation smaller than a shaft. 

  • A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source. 

  • One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation. 

  • A basin used for holding water for washing. 

  • A heat sink. 

  • A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet. 

  • The motion of a sinker pitch. 

  • A place that absorbs resources or energy. 

value

verb
  • To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work. 

  • To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon. 

  • To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something. 

  • To hold dear. 

noun
  • The degree of importance given to something. 

  • The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc. 

  • The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc. 

  • The relative duration of a musical note. 

  • That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system. 

  • The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else. 

  • The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable. 

  • Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined. 

  • Precise meaning; import. 

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