The difference between Fall over and Fold
When used as verbs, fall over means to fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position, whereas fold means to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
Fold is also noun with the meaning: an act of folding.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fall over and Fold
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Fall over as a verb (intransitive, idiomatic):
To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.
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Fall over as a verb (intransitive, idiomatic):
Of an argument, to fail to be valid.
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Fall over as a verb (intransitive, idiomatic, informal, computing):
Of a computer program or system, to crash.
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Fall over as a verb (intransitive, idiomatic, informal, South Africa):
To break down; to become inoperable.
Examples:
"We'll have to walk; my car has fallen over."
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Fold as a verb (transitive):
To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
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Fold as a verb (transitive):
To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
Examples:
"If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer."
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Fold as a verb (intransitive):
To become folded; to form folds.
Examples:
"Cardboard doesn't fold very easily."
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Fold as a verb (intransitive, informal):
To fall over; to be crushed.
Examples:
"The chair folded under his enormous weight."
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Fold as a verb (transitive):
To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
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Fold as a verb (intransitive):
To give way on a point or in an argument.
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Fold as a verb (intransitive, poker):
To withdraw from betting.
Examples:
"With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded."
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Fold as a verb (intransitive, by extension):
To withdraw or quit in general.
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Fold as a verb (transitive, cooking):
To stir gently, with a folding action.
Examples:
"Fold the egg whites into the batter."
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Fold as a verb (intransitive, business):
Of a company, to cease to trade.
Examples:
"The company folded after six quarters of negative growth."
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Fold as a verb:
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
Examples:
"He folded his arms in defiance."
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Fold as a verb:
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
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Fold as a noun:
An act of folding.
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Fold as a noun:
A bend or crease.
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Fold as a noun:
Any correct move in origami.
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Fold as a noun (newspapers):
The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
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Fold as a noun (by extension, web design):
The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
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Fold as a noun:
That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
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Fold as a noun (geology):
The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
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Fold as a noun (computing, programming):
In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
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Fold as a noun:
A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
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Fold as a noun:
A group of sheep or goats.
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Fold as a noun (figuratively):
Home, family.
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Fold as a noun (religion, Christian):
A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
Examples:
"'John, ''X, 16'': "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold."
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Fold as a noun:
A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
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Fold as a noun (obsolete):
A boundary or limit.
Examples:
"rfquotek Creech"
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Fold as a verb:
To confine animals in a fold.
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Fold as a noun (dialectal, poetic, or, obsolete):
The Earth; earth; land, country.