The difference between Drop and Fall

When used as nouns, drop means a small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid, whereas fall means the act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

When used as verbs, drop means to fall in droplets (of a liquid), whereas fall means to move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

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  1. Drop as a noun:

    A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.

    Examples:

    "Put three drops of oil into the mixture."

  2. Drop as a noun:

    The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.

    Examples:

    "On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop."

  3. Drop as a noun:

    A fall, descent; an act of dropping.

    Examples:

    "That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones."

  4. Drop as a noun:

    A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.

    Examples:

    "I left the plans at the drop, like you asked."

    "[[wikipedia:The Drop (film)#Plot ''The Drop'']] (film title)"

  5. Drop as a noun:

    An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.

    Examples:

    "The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch."

  6. Drop as a noun (chiefly, British, Australian):

    A small amount of an alcoholic beverage

    Examples:

    "He usually enjoys a drop after dinner."

  7. Drop as a noun (chiefly, British, when used with the [[definite article]] ('''the drop''')):

    Alcoholic spirits in general.

    Examples:

    "It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine."

  8. Drop as a noun (Ireland, informal):

    A single measure of whisky.

  9. Drop as a noun:

    A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.

  10. Drop as a noun (American football):

    A dropped pass.

    Examples:

    "Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end."

  11. Drop as a noun (American football):

    Short for drop-back or drop back.

    Examples:

    "The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open."

  12. Drop as a noun (Rugby football):

    A drop-kick.

  13. Drop as a noun:

    In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.

  14. Drop as a noun (sports, usually with definite article "the"):

    relegation from one division to a lower one

  15. Drop as a noun (video games, online gaming):

    Any item dropped by defeated enemies.

  16. Drop as a noun (music):

    A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known as the highlight or climax.

  17. Drop as a noun (US, banking, dated):

    An unsolicited credit card issue.

  18. Drop as a noun:

    The vertical length of a hanging curtain.

  19. Drop as a noun:

    That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.

  20. Drop as a noun (architecture):

    A gutta.

  21. Drop as a noun:

    A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; etc.

  22. Drop as a noun (slang):

    (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.

  23. Drop as a noun:

    A or .

  24. Drop as a noun (engineering):

    The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.

  25. Drop as a noun (nautical):

    The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ham. Nav. Encyc"

  26. Drop as a noun:

    The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.

  1. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To fall in droplets (of a liquid).

  2. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To drip (a liquid).

  3. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    Generally, to fall (straight down).

    Examples:

    "A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky."

  4. Drop as a verb (transitive, ergative):

    To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).

    Examples:

    "Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons."

  5. Drop as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.

  6. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To sink quickly to the ground.

    Examples:

    "'Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll."

  7. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To fall dead, or to fall in death.

  8. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.

  9. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.

    Examples:

    "The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner."

  10. Drop as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To part with or spend (money).

  11. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).

    Examples:

    "I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?"

  12. Drop as a verb (intransitive):

    To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.

    Examples:

    "The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is complete."

  13. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).

    Examples:

    "'Drop me a note when you get to the city."

  14. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.

    Examples:

    "Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!"

  15. Drop as a verb (transitive, linguistics):

    To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).

    Examples:

    "Cockneys drop their aitches."

  16. Drop as a verb (cricket, of a fielder):

    To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out.

    Examples:

    "Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball"

  17. Drop as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.

    Examples:

    "They had never dropped acid."

  18. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.

    Examples:

    "I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée."

  19. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.

    Examples:

    "I've been dropped from the football team."

  20. Drop as a verb (Rugby football):

    To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.

  21. Drop as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To impart.

    Examples:

    "I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business."

  22. Drop as a verb (transitive, music, computing, colloquial):

    To release to the public.

    Examples:

    "They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays."

    "That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information]."

  23. Drop as a verb (transitive, music):

    To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.

    Examples:

    "That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats."

  24. Drop as a verb (intransitive, music, colloquial):

    To enter public distribution.

    Examples:

    "Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays."

  25. Drop as a verb (transitive, music):

    To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.

  26. Drop as a verb (transitive):

    To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.

    Examples:

    "I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore."

  27. Drop as a verb (transitive, fast food):

    To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.

    Examples:

    "'Drop a basket of fries."

  28. Drop as a verb:

    To lower; to move to a lower position.

  29. Drop as a verb (intransitive, of a voice):

    To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.

    Examples:

    "Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12."

  30. Drop as a verb (intransitive, of a sound or song):

    To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.

    Examples:

    "The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2."

  31. Drop as a verb (intransitive, of people):

    To visit informally; used with in or by.

    Examples:

    "'drop by soon; drop in on her tomorrow"

  32. Drop as a verb:

    To give birth to.

    Examples:

    "to drop a lamb"

  33. Drop as a verb:

    To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.

  34. Drop as a verb (slang, of the [[testicle]]s):

    To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

  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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