The difference between Die and Fall

When used as nouns, die means the cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth, whereas fall means the act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

When used as verbs, die means to stop living, whereas fall means to move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

check bellow for the other definitions of Die and Fall

  1. Die as a verb (intransitive):

    To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. or the sciences:}} :

    Examples:

    "He died of embarrassment."

    "He died from heart failure."

    "He died for the one he loved."

    "She died with dignity."

  2. Die as a verb (transitive):

    To stop living and undergo (a specified death).

    Examples:

    "He died a hero's death."

    "They died a thousand deaths."

  3. Die as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):

    To yearn intensely.

    Examples:

    "I'm dying for a packet of crisps."

    "I'm dying for a piss."

  4. Die as a verb (intransitive):

    To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead.

    Examples:

    "The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother."

  5. Die as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):

    To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

    Examples:

    "He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him."

  6. Die as a verb (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic):

    To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

    Examples:

    "If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die."

  7. Die as a verb (figurative, intransitive, hyperbolic):

    To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.

    Examples:

    "When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died."

  8. Die as a verb (intransitive, of a, machine):

    To stop working, to break down.

    Examples:

    "My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning."

  9. Die as a verb (intransitive, of a, computer program):

    To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).

  10. Die as a verb:

    To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.

  11. Die as a verb:

    To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

  12. Die as a verb (often with "to"):

    To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.

    Examples:

    "to die to pleasure or to sin"

  13. Die as a verb (intransitive, video games):

    To be killed by an enemy. Usually followed by to or another preposition.

    Examples:

    "I can't believe I just died to a squirrel!"

  14. Die as a verb (architecture):

    To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

  15. Die as a verb:

    To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

  16. Die as a verb (of a stand-up comedian or a joke):

    To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.

    Examples:

    "Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal..."

  1. Die as a noun:

    The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.

  2. Die as a noun:

    A device for cutting into a specified shape.

  3. Die as a noun:

    A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)

  4. Die as a noun:

    A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.

  5. Die as a noun:

    An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.

  6. Die as a noun (electronics):

    (plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

  7. Die as a noun:

    Any small cubical or square body.

  1. Die as a noun:

    A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.

  2. Die as a noun (obsolete):

    That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

  3. Die as a noun (electronics):

    (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

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  1. Fall as a noun:

    The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

  2. Fall as a noun:

    A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.

  3. Fall as a noun (chiefly, North America, obsolete elsewhere):

    The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.

  4. Fall as a noun:

    A loss of greatness or status.

    Examples:

    "the fall of Rome"

  5. Fall as a noun:

    That which falls or cascades.

  6. Fall as a noun (sport):

    A crucial event or circumstance. The action of a batsman being out. A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction. An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.

  7. Fall as a noun:

    A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.

  8. Fall as a noun (informal, US):

    Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.

    Examples:

    "He set up his rival to take the fall."

  9. Fall as a noun:

    The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).

    Examples:

    "Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards."

  10. Fall as a noun:

    See falls

  11. Fall as a noun:

    An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.

  12. Fall as a noun:

    A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.

  1. Fall as a verb (intransitive):

    To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. To come down, to drop or descend. To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself. To be brought to the ground.

    Examples:

    "Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground."

    "The rain fell at dawn."

    "He fell to the floor and begged for mercy."

  2. Fall as a verb (transitive):

    To move downwards. To let fall; to drop. To sink; to depress. To fell; to cut down.

    Examples:

    "to fall the voice"

    "to fall a tree"

  3. Fall as a verb (intransitive):

    To happen, to change negatively. To become. To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); . To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated. To die, especially in battle or by disease. To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.). To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words following; to become prostrated literally or figuratively .

    Examples:

    "She has fallen ill.  nowrap The children fell asleep in the back of the car.  nowrap When did you first fall in love?"

    "Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.  nowrap Last year, Commencement fell on June 3."

    "Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD."

    "This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War."

    "The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal."

    "Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal."

  4. Fall as a verb (intransitive):

    To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.

    Examples:

    "And so it falls to me to make this important decision.  nowrap The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals."

  5. Fall as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To diminish; to lessen or lower.

  6. Fall as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To bring forth.

    Examples:

    "to fall lambs"

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  7. Fall as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.

    Examples:

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  8. Fall as a verb (intransitive):

    To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.

  9. Fall as a verb (intransitive):

    To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.

    Examples:

    "to fall into error;  to fall into difficulties"

  10. Fall as a verb (intransitive):

    To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.

  11. Fall as a verb (intransitive):

    To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).

  12. Fall as a verb (intransitive):

    To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.

    Examples:

    "After arguing, they fell to blows."

  13. Fall as a verb (intransitive):

    To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

    Examples:

    "An unguarded expression fell from his lips."

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