Copple vs Collapse - What's the difference?
copple | collapse |
Something rising in a conical shape; a hill rising to a point.
* Hakluyt
To fall down suddenly; to cave in
* Maunder
To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely
To fold compactly
(cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
To cause something to collapse.
To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint
The act of collapsing
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 21
, author=Jonathan Jurejko
, title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke
, work=BBC Sport
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)
As nouns the difference between copple and collapse
is that copple is something rising in a conical shape; a hill rising to a point while collapse is the act of collapsing.As a verb collapse is
to fall down suddenly; to cave in.copple
English
Noun
(en noun)- A low cape, and upon it a copple not very high.
collapse
English
(wikipedia collapse)Verb
(collaps)- A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
- Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse .
- Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
- The exhausted singer collapsed onstage and had to be taken to the hospital.
Derived terms
* collapsibleNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The top six are assured of continental competition and after making a statement of intent against Stoke, it would take a dramatic collapse for Newcastle to surrender their place.}}