【Dip】 , 【bail】 , 【scoop】 , 【ladle】 , 【spoon】 , 【dish】 mean to remove a liquid or a loose or soft substance from a container by means of an implement (as a pail, 【spoon】 , or 【scoop】 ). They are often followed by up or out.

【Dip】 suggests the process of plunging the utensil (usually called a dipper) into the substance and lifting it out full; it is the preferred word when the labor involved is to be implied or the action is described.

【Bail】 is used chiefly in reference to something (as a boat) in which water has accumulated or is accumulating; it implies emptying or an attempt to empty by means of repeated dipping.

【Scoop】 , 【ladle】 , 【spoon】 throw the emphasis on the kind of implement employed in an operation consisting usually of dipping, conveying, and pouring.

【Scoop】 suggests a shovellike implement, either a small kitchen utensil for dipping out loose dry material (as flour, sugar, or coffee beans) or for gouging out pieces of a soft substance (as cheese) or a much larger and heavier implement used in digging or excavating operations or in the removal of a heap of things from one place to another.

【Ladle】 implies the use of a  【ladle】 , or long-handled implement with a bowl-shaped end and often a pouring lip; it is especially used of substances which are liable to be spilled.

The term sometimes implies the use of a mechanical device for removing and conveying liquid (as molten metal) from one container to another.

【Spoon】 implies the use of a 【spoon】 in lifting and depositing something (as food or medicine).

【Dish】 implies transference to the individual plate or 【dish】 of a portion of food (as by ladling or spooning).