The difference between Plummet and Skyrocket

When used as nouns, plummet means a piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line, whereas skyrocket means a type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.

When used as verbs, plummet means to drop swiftly, in a direct manner, whereas skyrocket means to increase suddenly and extremely.


check bellow for the other definitions of Plummet and Skyrocket

  1. Plummet as a noun (archaic):

    A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line

  2. Plummet as a noun (archaic):

    Hence, any weight

  3. Plummet as a noun (archaic):

    A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)

  4. Plummet as a noun:

    A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line

  5. Plummet as a noun:

    Violent or dramatic fall

  6. Plummet as a noun (figuratively):

    A decline; a fall; a drop

  1. Plummet as a verb (intransitive):

    To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

    Examples:

    "After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth."

  1. Skyrocket as a noun:

    A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.

  2. Skyrocket as a noun (by extension):

    A rebuke, a scolding.

  3. Skyrocket as a noun (UK, Australia, rhyming slang):

    Pocket.

  1. Skyrocket as a verb:

    To increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

    Examples:

    "The shortage caused prices to skyrocket."