Floating and Sinking

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Floating

Floating adjective - Riding upon the surface of a body of liquid.
Usage example: the wreckage remained floating for hours
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Sinking is an antonym for floating.
Nearby Words: float, floated, floater, floatable, floaty

Sinking

Sinking noun - A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength).
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Floating is an antonym for sinking.
Nearby Words: sink, sinker
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  • Nightmare Fuel / Music It details slow death by drowning, but with parts so surreal as to truly ring true as a nightmare, like there being presents floating everywhere, and the singer trying to hold onto them to keep from sinking.
    Source: Nightmare Fuel / Music
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