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Disband vs Collapse - What's the difference?

disband | collapse |

As verbs the difference between disband and collapse

is that disband is to break up or cause to cease to exist while collapse is to fall down suddenly; to cave in.

As a noun collapse is

the act of collapsing.

disband

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To break up or cause to cease to exist.
  • The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
  • * Knolles
  • They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling.
  • (obsolete) To loose the bands of; to set free.
  • (obsolete) To divorce.
  • * Milton
  • And therefore she ought to be disbanded .

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    collapse

    Verb

    (collaps)
  • To fall down suddenly; to cave in
  • * Maunder
  • A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
  • To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely
  • Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse .
  • To fold compactly
  • (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
  • To cause something to collapse.
  • Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
  • To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint
  • The exhausted singer collapsed onstage and had to be taken to the hospital.

    Derived terms

    * collapsible

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of collapsing
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport 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.}}
  • Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)
  • Anagrams

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