The difference between Decline and Rally
When used as nouns, decline means downward movement, fall, whereas rally means a demonstration.
When used as verbs, decline means to move downwards, to fall, to drop, whereas rally means to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion.
check bellow for the other definitions of Decline and Rally
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Decline as a noun:
Downward movement, fall.
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Decline as a noun:
A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
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Decline as a noun:
A weakening.
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Decline as a noun:
A reduction or diminution of activity.
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Decline as a verb (intransitive):
To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
Examples:
"The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."
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Decline as a verb (intransitive):
To become weaker or worse.
Examples:
"My health declined in winter."
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Decline as a verb (transitive):
To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
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Decline as a verb (transitive):
To cause to decrease or diminish.
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Decline as a verb:
To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
Examples:
"a line that declines from straightness"
"conduct that declines from sound morals"
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Decline as a verb (transitive):
To refuse, forbear.
Examples:
"On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer."
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Decline as a verb (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns):
To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
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Decline as a verb (by extension):
To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Decline as a verb (American football, Canadian football):
To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
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Rally as a noun:
A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause
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Rally as a noun (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton):
A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
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Rally as a noun (motor racing):
An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
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Rally as a noun (business, trading):
A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
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Rally as a verb:
To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
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Rally as a verb:
To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
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Rally as a verb:
To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
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Rally as a verb (business, trading):
To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
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Rally as a verb (transitive):
To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
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Rally as a noun:
Good-humoured raillery.