Declining vs Falling - What's the difference?
declining | falling |
decline
* John Whitgift
That falls or fall.
The action of the verb to fall .
* (Jeremy Taylor)
As verbs the difference between declining and falling
is that declining is while falling is .As nouns the difference between declining and falling
is that declining is decline while falling is the action of the verb to fall .As an adjective falling is
that falls or fall.declining
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- For they had no civil magistrate which might correct and reform those declinings when they happened.
falling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- falling leaves
- falling prices
Derived terms
* deviation of a falling body * downfalling * everfalling * falling action * falling band, falling-band * falling collar * falling diphthong * falling-disease * falling-door * falling dunes * falling-evil * falling factorial * falling film evaporator * falling front or back * falling-gate * falling-hinge * falling houses * falling-ill * falling-in * falling knife * falling leaf * falling limb * falling-mold, falling-mould * falling palate * falling rhythm * falling-rising * falling ruff * falling scream * falling sequential product * falling sickness, falling-sickness * falling-sluice * falling sphere * falling star, falling-star * falling stone * falling tide * falling tone * falling weather, falling-weather * falling weight deflectometer * in-falling, infalling * rising-falling * tear-falling * wall-fallingNoun
(en-noun)- Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.