different between sunken vs vacant

English

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sunken

1. (archaic) past participle of sink

Adjective

sunken (not comparable)

1. caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged

   The sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feet

2. (of eyes or cheeks) Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.

   She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.

Translations

Anagrams

• unkens

English

Etymology

From Old French vacant, from Latin vacans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ve?k?nt/

Adjective

vacant (comparative more vacant, superlative most vacant)

1. Not occupied; empty.

   vacant lot

2. Showing no intelligence or interest.

   a vacant stare

Synonyms

• (Not occupied): available, empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied
• (Showing no intelligence or interest): vacuous, thousand mile stare

Derived terms

• vacancy noun
• vacantly adverb

Related terms

• unfilled
• vacate verb

Translations

Anagrams

• Van cat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.k??/

Adjective

vacant (feminine singular vacante, masculine plural vacants, feminine plural vacantes)

1. vacant

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

vacant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of vac?

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?ka?t/

Adjective

vacant

1. vacant

Romanian

Etymology

From French vacant, from Latin vacans.

Adjective

vacant m or n (feminine singular vacant?, masculine plural vacan?i, feminine and neuter plural vacante)

1. unoccupied

Declension