The difference between Fall and Rap

When used as nouns, fall means the act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity, whereas rap means a sharp blow with something hard.

When used as verbs, fall means to move to a lower position under the effect of gravity, whereas rap means to strike something sharply with one's knuckles.

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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"

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

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

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

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  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."

  1. Rap as a noun (countable):

    A sharp blow with something hard.

    Examples:

    "The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler."

  2. Rap as a noun (uncountable):

    Blame (for something), whether or not it results in a conviction.

    Examples:

    "You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap."

  3. Rap as a noun (informal):

    A casual talk

  4. Rap as a noun (music genre, uncountable):

    Rap music.

  5. Rap as a noun:

    A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.

  1. Rap as a verb (intransitive):

    To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.

  2. Rap as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

  3. Rap as a verb (metalworking):

    To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

  4. Rap as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

    Examples:

    "He started to rap after listening to the Beastie Boys"

    "He rapped a song to his girlfriend."

  5. Rap as a verb (informal, intransitive):

    To talk casually.

  1. Rap as a noun:

    A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  1. Rap as a noun (historical):

    Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.

  2. Rap as a noun:

    A whit; a jot.

    Examples:

    "I don't care a rap."

    "That's not worth a rap."

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