What is the difference between become and fall?
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(obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place).
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*:& thenne the noble knyghte sire Launcelot departed with ryghte heuy chere sodenly / that none erthely creature wyste of hym / nor where he was become / but sir Bors
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:But, madam, where is Warwick then become ?
(copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
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(copulative) begin to be; turn into.
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, title= To be proper for; to befit.
*1930 , (Duff Cooper), Talleyrand , Folio Society, 2010, p.7:
*:His ordinationenabled him to be independent of his parents, and to afford a manner of living which became his rank rather than his calling.
Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).
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To move downwards.
#To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
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#*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
#To come down, to drop or descend.
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#*1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), (Bulldog Drummond) , Ch.1:
#*:Her eyes fell on the table, and she advanced into the room wiping her hands on her apron.
#To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
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#To be brought to the ground.
(lb) To be moved downwards.
#(lb) To let fall; to drop.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:For every tear he falls , a Trojan bleeds.
#(lb) To sink; to depress.
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# To fell; to cut down.
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(lb) To happen, to change negatively.
#(lb) To become.
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#To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); (said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date).
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#(lb) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
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# To die, especially in battle or by disease.
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#(lb) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
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#*Sir (c.1569-1626)
#*:The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished.
#*1835 , Sir , Sir (James Clark Ross),
#*:Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
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, title= #(lb) 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 .
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(lb) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
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*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:If to her share some female errors fall , / Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
To diminish; to lessen or lower.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall the price of your native commodities.
To bring forth.
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To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
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To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
*(Bible)}, (w) iv.11:
*:Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
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To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
*(Bible), (w) iv.5:
*:Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell .
*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:I have observed of late thy looks are fallen .
To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:The Romans fell on this model by chance.
*(Bible), (w) iii.18:
*:Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall .
*(Herbert Spenser) (1820-1903)
*:Primitive mendo not make laws, they fall into customs.
To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
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*(Benjamin Jowett) (1817-1893) ((Thucydides))
*:They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.
To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
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The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
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*:“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
A loss of greatness or status.
(label) A crucial event or circumstance.
# The action of a batsman being out.
# (label) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
# (label) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
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An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
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As verbs the difference between become and fall
is that become is (obsolete) to arrive, come (to a place) while fall is to move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.As a noun fall is
the act of moving in a fluid or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position.become
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Verb
Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd, passage=Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.}}
William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
Synonyms
* (to be suitable for) befit, suitReferences
* *fall
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(wikipedia fall)Verb
Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Vol.1, pp.284-5:
Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
Quotations
* , Andrew Wi?e (publisher, 1598 — second quarto),Act V, Scene 3: *: Ghoa?t [of Clarence]. / To morrow in the battaile thinke on me, / And fall thy edgele??e ?word, di?paire and die.