different between sinking vs dissolution

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??k??/
• Rhymes: -??k??

Verb

sinking

1. present participle of sink

Derived terms

• like rats from a sinking ship

Noun

sinking (plural sinkings)

1. The process by which something sinks.

   I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.

   • 1857, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection

     We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district […]

Anagrams

• inkings

English

Etymology

From Old French dissolution, from Latin dissol?ti? (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s??l(j)u???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s??lu??n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)

1. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.

   Synonym: abolition

   Antonyms: establishment, foundation

2. Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
3. Dissolving, or going into solution.
4. The quality of being dissolute.

   Synonym: dissipation

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• “dissolution”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• dissolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin dissol?ti?nem (accusative of dissol?ti?).

Pronunciation

Noun

dissolution f (plural dissolutions)

1. dissolution

Further reading

• “dissolution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).