Sink vs. Draw — What's the Difference?

A fixed basin with taps to supply water and a drain to remove it.

To pull or drag towards oneself.

To embed or install firmly.

To attract attention or interest.

To invest heavily or lose money.

To produce a picture or diagram by making lines and marks on paper.

To deteriorate or decline in condition.

In sports, to finish a game with equal scores.

To decrease or descend below the surface.

To take or obtain from a particular source.

A sink – also known by other names including sinker, washbowl, hand basin, wash basin, and simply basin – is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes. Sinks have taps (faucets) that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing.

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged

Pull or drag (something such as a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind

Descend from a higher to a lower position; drop downwards

Extract (an object) from a container or receptacle

Gradually decrease or decline in value, amount, quality, or intensity

Take or obtain (liquid) from a container or receptacle

Insert beneath a surface

Select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

Rapidly consume (an alcoholic drink)

Be the cause of (a specified response)

A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe

Select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

A pool or marsh in which a river's water disappears by evaporation or percolation.

Finish (a contest or game) with an even score

Short for sinkhole

(in bowls) cause (a bowl) to travel in a curve determined by its bias to the desired point.

A place of vice or corruption

(of a ship) require (a specified depth of water) to float in

To go below the surface of water or another liquid

(of a sail) be filled with wind

To descend to the bottom of a body of water or other liquid

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages

A game or contest that ends with the score even

To subside or settle gradually

A person or thing that is very attractive or interesting

To appear to move downward, as the sun or moon in setting.

An act of drawing on a cigarette or cigar

To slope downward; incline

An act of pulling a gun from its holster in order to shoot

To fall or lower oneself slowly, as from weakness or fatigue

A shot causing the ball to deviate slightly

To feel great disappointment or discouragement

To cause to move after or toward one by applying continuous force; drag

To pass into something; penetrate

To cause to move in a given direction or to a given position, as by leading

To steep or soak

To move or pull so as to cover or uncover something

To pass into a specified condition

To suck or take in (air, for example); inhale.

To deteriorate in quality or condition

To require (a specified depth of water) for floating

To diminish, as in value

To take or pull out

To become weaker, quieter, or less forceful

To extract or take for one's own use

To make an impression; become felt or understood

To make (tea) by steeping.

To cause to descend beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid

To eviscerate; disembowel

To cause to penetrate deeply

To cause to come by attracting; attract

To force into the ground

To select or take in from a given group, type, or region

To dig or drill (a mine or well) in the earth.

To bring to a certain condition or action; lead

To cause to drop or lower

To bring about deliberately; provoke

(Sports) To propel (a ball or shot) into a hole, basket, or pocket.

To evoke as a response; elicit

To cause to be engrossed

To earn; gain

To make weaker, quieter, or less forceful

To withdraw (money).

To reduce in quantity or worth

To use (a check, for example) when paying.

To debase the nature of; degrade

To receive on a regular basis or at a specified time

To bring to a low or ruined state; defeat or destroy

To take or receive by chance

To suppress or hide

To take (cards) from a dealer or central stack.

(Informal) To defeat, as in a game.

To force (a card) to be played.

To invest or spend, often without getting a return or adequate value

To end or leave (a contest) tied or undecided.

To pay off (a debt).

To hit or strike (a billiard ball, for example) so as to give it backspin.

A water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe and generally a piped supply of water.

To hit (a golf ball) with a draw.

A cesspool.

To make tense or taut

A sinkhole.

To pull back the string of (a bow).

A natural or artificial means of absorbing or removing a substance or a form of energy from a system.

To distort the shape of

A place regarded as wicked and corrupt

To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping.

To move or be moved into something.

To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies.

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

To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement.

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

To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines

(transitive) To push (something) into something.

To portray in writing or speech; depict with words

(transitive) To make by digging or delving.

To formulate or devise from evidence or data at hand

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

To compose or write out in legal format

To diminish or be diminished.

To proceed or move steadily

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

To attract customers or spectators

To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.

To pour forth liquid

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

To cause suppuration.

To conceal and appropriate.

To take in a draft of air

To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

To steep in or as if in the manner of tea.

To drink (especially something alcoholic).

To pull out a weapon for use.

To pay absolutely.

To use or call upon part of a fund or supply

To reduce or extinguish by payment.

To contract or tighten

(intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

To conclude a contest without either side winning; tie

To die.

To make a likeness with lines on a surface; sketch.

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

An act of drawing.

A basin used for holding water for washing.

The result of drawing.

A drain for carrying off wastewater.

Something drawn, especially a lot, card, or cards drawn at random.

(geology) A sinkhole.

The arrangement of competitors in a tournament in which the matchups are made at random.

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

A matchup or opponent in such a tournament.

A heat sink.

An inhalation, especially through a pipe or other smoking implement.

A place that absorbs resources or energy.

One that attracts interest, customers, or spectators

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

The movable part of a drawbridge.

(uncountable) Descending motion; descent.

A special advantage; an edge

(baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.

A contest ending without either side winning.

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

A small natural depression that water drains into; a shallow gully.

(graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.

(Football) A play in which the quarterback drops back as if to pass and then runs or hands off to a running back.

An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.

(Sports) A face-off.

A depression in a stereotype plate.

(Games) A draw shot.

(theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.

(Sports) A moderate, usually controlled hook in golf.

(mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.

To move or develop something.

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

To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.

To deduce or infer.

To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

To steep, leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.

Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.

(transitive) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, etc.

To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.

To take into the lungs; to inhale.

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

(used with prepositions and adverbs) To move; to come or go.

To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.

To approach, come to, or arrive at a point in time or a process.

Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.

(transitive) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.

To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.

To withdraw.

To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

(archaic) To draw up (a document).

To conseal and appropriate.

To exert or experience force.

To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

(transitive) To drag, pull.

To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.

(intransitive) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling.

A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

To pull out, unsheathe (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).

A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.

To undergo the action of pulling or dragging.

A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; - called also sink hole.

(archery) To pull back the bowstring and its arrow in preparation for shooting.

The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River.

(of curtains, etc.) To close.

Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

(of curtains, etc.) To open.

(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system;

(cards) To take the top card of a deck into hand.

A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

(fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.

A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

To drain by emptying; to suck dry.

Fall or drop to a lower place or level;

(figurative) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.

Cause to sink;

To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

Pass into a specified state or condition;

To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.

Go under,

(intransitive) To have a draught; to transmit smoke, gases, etc.

Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;

(analogous) To consume, for example, power.

Appear to move downward;

To change in size or shape.

Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.

Fall or sink heavily;

(intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.

Embed deeply;

To attract or be attracted.

To attract.

To induce (a reticent person) to speak.

(hunting) To search for game.

To cause.

(intransitive) To exert an attractive force; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.

(usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.

To disembowel.

To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).

To choose by means of a random selection process.

To select by the drawing of lots.

(transitive) To win in a lottery or similar game of chance.

(poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.

(curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.

(cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.

(golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.

(billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.

The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.

Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.

The act of drawing.

(cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.

(curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.

(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.

A bag of cannabis.

Cannabis.

In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.

(poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.

(archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.

(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.

To pull from a sheath, as a sword.

To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.

To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.

To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.

To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank.

To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.

To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.

To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.

To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; - said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water.

To withdraw.

To trace by scent; to track; - a hunting term.

To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.

To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.

To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well.

To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.

To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.

To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; - said of a blister, poultice, etc.

To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.

To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.

To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.

To become contracted; to shrink.

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; - with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, draw nigh, or draw towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.

To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; - usually with on or upon.

To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.

To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

The act of drawing; draught.

A lot or chance to be drawn.

The act of drawing a lot or chance.

A drawn game or battle, etc; a tied game; a tie.

That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.

The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;

That which is drawn or is subject to drawing.

A gully that is shallower than a ravine

An entertainer who attracts large audiences;

The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided;

Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;

A playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack;

A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;

(American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage

Poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer;

The act of drawing or hauling something;

Cause to move along the ground by pulling;

Get or derive;

Make a mark or lines on a surface;

Make, formulate, or derive in the mind;

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;

Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface;

Take liquid out of a container or well;

Give a description of;

Select or take in from a given group or region;

Elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.;

Suck in or take (air);

Move or go steadily or gradually;

Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source);

Choose at random;

In baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;

Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition;

Write a legal document or paper;

Engage in drawing;

Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something;

Allow a draft;

Require a specified depth for floating;

Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;

Take in, also metaphorically;

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;

Thread on or as if on a string;

Pull back the sling of (a bow);

Guide or pass over something;

Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;

Contract;

Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die;

Steep; pass through a strainer;

Remove the entrails of;

Flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching;

Yes, "draw" is used in digital art and design, referring to creating graphics using software.

Depending on the material, some sinks can be repaired with epoxy or sealant, while others might need replacement.

Yes, it can also be referred to as a tie or stalemate, depending on the sport or context.

Pencils, pens, markers, and digital tablets are popular tools for drawing, depending on the desired effect and medium.

Practicing regularly, studying from books or tutorials, and getting feedback from others are effective ways to improve drawing skills.

Drawing a conclusion involves analyzing information and making a judgment or inference based on that analysis.

Sinks are typically made from stainless steel, porcelain, or composite materials.

A sinkhole is a natural depression or hole in the Earth's surface, often caused by the removal of soil or bedrock, not to be confused with a sink used in homes.

Yes, there are various types of sinks like pedestal, vessel, undermount, and farmhouse, each designed for specific settings and uses.

To clear your drain, you can pour a pot of boiling water down it.