Difference between Dunk and Plunge

DUNK vs PLUNGE: NOUN

A steep and rapid fall
A brief swim in water
A swim; a dip.
A sudden or dramatic decline.
A sudden dive, leap, or dip into something: as, a plunge in the sea.
An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty.
A sudden and violent pitching forward of the body, and pitching up of the hind legs, as by an unruly horse
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
The act of plunging or submerging
A voltaic battery so arranged that the plates can be plunged into, or withdrawn from, the exciting liquid at pleasure.
An immersion by plunging; also, a large bath in which the bather can wholly immerse himself.
Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water.
The act or an instance of plunging.

Dip into a liquid while eating
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Make a dunk shot, in basketball
To submerge briefly in a liquid.
To set down carelessly.
To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

To use a plunger to try to unblock (a drain, for example).
To thrust or throw forcefully into a substance or place.
To become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically.
To move forward and downward violently.
To slope steeply downward.
To enter or move headlong through something.
To devote oneself to or undertake an activity earnestly or wholeheartedly.
To cast suddenly, violently, or deeply into a given state or situation.
To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in. Also used figuratively.
To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
Firing directed upon an enemy from an elevated position.
To fall rapidly.
To dive, jump, or throw oneself.

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust. Also used figuratively.
To baptize by immersion.
To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.

To cast or thrust suddenly into water or some other fluid, or into some penetrable substance; immerse; thrust: as, to plunge one's hand into the water; to plunge a dagger into one's breast.
Figuratively, to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition, or action: as, plunged in grief; to plunge a nation into war.
To entangle or embarrass: used chiefly in the past participle.
To dive, leap, or rush (into water or some fluid).
To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state, or condition: as, to plunge into debt or into a controversy.
To throw the body forward and the hind legs up, as an unruly horse.
To descend precipitously or vertically, as a cliff.
To bet recklessly; gamble for large stakes; speculate.
In horticulture, to sink (a pot or box containing a plant) in the ground to the rim or edge. Pots of greenhouse plants are often plunged in the open in warm weather, both for the good of the plants and for their effect in ornamentation.
To turn over (the telescope of a surveyor's transit or theodolite) in a vertical plane, making the object-glass pass underneath. In transiting the telescope it may pass either above or below.
In geology, to dip under the surface: used in reference to such structural features as folds where, unless the axis is perfectly horizontal, one end pitches below the horizon or general surface.
Devote (oneself) fully to
(idiom) (take the plunge) To begin an unfamiliar venture, especially after hesitating.

Kent, Putting, Dinky, Put, Opinion, Cinch, Soak, Mark, Dive, Slam, Dunk shot, Souse, Dip, Plunge, Douse

Nosedive, Tumble, Souse, Engross, Absorb, Dunk, Douse, Launch, Plunk, Immerse, Engulf, Dump, Steep, Dive, Dip

Layup, Kent, Putting, Dinky, Put, Opinion, Cinch, Soak, Mark, Dive, Slam, Souse, Dip, Plunge, Douse

Decline, Slide, Nosedive, Tumble, Souse, Engross, Dunk, Douse, Launch, Plunk, Engulf, Dump, Steep, Dive, Dip

Those hoping to dunk Alta HR in water.
Thunder teammates, Twitter react to Bazley dunk vs.
Star weekend have been in the dunk contest.
You wanted a slam dunk, something that registered.
SLAPP may not be such a slam dunk.
Who will be named Jokers slam dunk champion?
Unfortunately, not every product is a slam dunk.
Hamilton, FSU bench in disbelief over botched dunk.
Nike Dunk High Spartan Green, also known as the Nike Dunk High Pro Green, brings back the familiar shape of the beloved sneaker design.
One dunk will create a lighter blue, and with each successive dunk it will get darker.

Dom was about to plunge into his back?
Garden and plunge pool in the Manor grounds.
Best Places to Plunge into Shopping in London.
We need not plunge into these troubled waters.
Relax and enjoy the usually uncrowded plunge pool.
Look no further than the current market plunge.
Secure desired router bit in collet, stand router upright hand plunge to approx desired depth lock plunge lock lever.
The Milescraft Rotary Tool Plunge Attachment converts your rotary tool into a mini plunge router.
To plunge the saw downward you depress the plunge trigger located at the top of the back handle.
The plunge base features a generously sized plunge lever, which was easy to lock and release, and the plunge action was smooth.