Lag vs Fall - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between lag and fall

is that lag is last; long-delayed while fall is to sink; to depress.

In transitive terms the difference between lag and fall

is that lag is to cause to lag; to slacken while fall is to be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.

As nouns the difference between lag and fall

is that lag is a gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency while fall is the act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

As verbs the difference between lag and fall

is that lag is to fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind while fall is To move downwards.
As an adjective lag
is late.

As a proper noun Fall is
the sudden fall of humanity into a state of sin, as brought about by the transgression of Adam and Eve.

lag
English

Adjective

late

* 1592 , William Shakespeare, King Richard III

Some tardy cripple bore the countermand, / That came too lag to see him buried.

(obsolete) Last; long-delayed.

* Shakespeare

the lag end of my life

Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

* Dryden

lag souls

Noun

(countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.

* 2004 , May 10. The New Yorker Online,

During the Second World War, for instance, the Washington Senators had a starting rotation that included four knuckleball pitchers. But, still, I think that some of that was just a generational lag .

(uncountable) Delay; latency.

* 1999 , Loyd Case, Building the ultimate game PC

Whatever the symptom, lag is a drag. But what causes it? One cause is delays in getting the data from your PC to the game server.

* 2001 , Patricia M. Wallace, The psychology of the Internet

When the lag is low, 2 or 3 seconds perhaps, Internet chatters seem reasonably content.

* 2002 , Marty Cortinas, Clifford Colby, The Macintosh bible

Latency, or lag , is an unavoidable part of Internet gaming.

(British, slang, archaic) One sentenced to transportation for a crime.

(British, slang) a prisoner, a criminal.

* 1934 , , Thank You, Jeeves

On both these occasions I had ended up behind the bars, and you might suppose that an old lag like myself would have been getting used to it by now.

(snooker) A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.

One who lags; that which comes in last.

* Alexander Pope

the lag of all the flock

The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

* Shakespeare

the common lag of people

A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.

A bird, the greylag.

Usage notes
In casual use, lag' and (latency) are used synonymously for “delay between initiating an action and the effect”, with '''lag''' more casual. In formal use, ''latency'' is the technical term, while ' lag is used when latency is greater than usual, particularly in internet gaming.
Synonyms
* (delay) latency
Derived terms
* time lag * jet lag * lagging jacket * lag screw
Verb
(lagg)
to fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind

* 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto I

Behind her farre away a Dwarfe did lag , / That lasie seemd in being ever last, / Or wearied with bearing of her bag / Of needments at his backe.

* 1616 , George Chapman, The Odysseys of Homer

Lazy beast! / Why last art thou now? Thou hast never used / To lag thus hindmost

* 1717 , The Metamorphoses of Ovid translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve and other eminent hands

While he, whose tardy feet had lagg'd behind, / Was doom'd the sad reward of death to find.

* 1798 , Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in seven parts

Brown skeletons of leaves that lag / My forest-brook along

* 2004 , — The New Yorker, 5 April 2004

Over the next fifty years, by most indicators dear to economists, the country remained the richest in the world. But by another set of numbers—longevity and income inequality—it began to lag behind Northern Europe and Japan.

to cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material

* c. 1974 , , The Building

Outside seems old enough: / Red brick, lagged pipes, and someone walking by it / Out to the car park, free.

(UK, slang, archaic) To transport as a punishment for crime.

* De Quincey

She lags us if we poach.

To cause to lag; to slacken.

* Heywood

To lag his flight.

Derived terms
* lagging * laggard
See also
* tardy
Anagrams
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fall
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(wikipedia fall)
Verb

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), Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Vol.1 , pp.284-5:

#*: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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#(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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:(Shakespeare)

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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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.

Synonyms

* (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) drop, plummet, plunge * (come down) come down, descend, drop * (come to the ground deliberately) drop, lower oneself, prostrate oneself * (be brought to the ground) * : be beaten by, be defeated by, be overthrown by, be smitten by, be vanquished by, * (die) die * (be allotted to) be the responsibility of, be up to * : dip, drop * (become) become, get * : cut down (of a tree), fell, knock down, knock over, strike down

Antonyms

* (come down) ascend, go up, rise * (come to the ground deliberately) get up, pick oneself up, stand up * : beat, defeat, overthrow, smite, vanquish * : rise

Derived terms

* the apple does not fall far from the tree * the * the curtain falls * fair fall * fallable * fall aboard * fall aboard of * fall about * fall about someone's ears * fall abreast of * fall abroad of * fall across * fall adown * fall afire * fall afoul * fall afoul of * fall after * fallage * fall all over someone or oneself * fall among * fall apart * fall asleep * fall aslope * fall astern * fall asunder * fall at * fall at the crest * fall at the first fence, fall at the first hurdle * fall away * fall back * * fall back on, fall back upon * fall behind, fall behindhand * fall between the cracks * fall between two stools * fall by * fall by the wayside * fall calm * fall dead * fall down * fall down on * fall due * fallen * faller * fall flat * fall flat on one's face * fall for * fall forth * fall foul * fall foul of, fall foul with * fall from * fall from grace * fall heir * fall home * fall ill * fall in * fall in age * fall in flesh * fall in for * falling * fall in line * fall in love * fall in mold, fall in mould * fall in one's road * fall in one's way * fall in somebody's heart, fall in someone's heart * fall in somebody's mind, fall in someone's mind * fall into one's hands * fall into one's lap * fall in two * fall in upon * fall in with * fall into * fall into line * fall into place * fall into somebody's heart, fall into someone's heart * fall into somebody's mind, fall into someone's mind * fall of * fall off * fall off the turnip truck * fall on * fall on board * fall on deaf ears * fall one's crest * fall on one's face * fall on one's feet * fall on shore * fall on sleep * fall on one's knees * fall on one's sword * fall on the crest * fall open * fall out * fall out in * fall out of * fall out upon * fall out with * fall over * fall over oneself * fall over one's feet * fall pregnant * fall prey to * fall short * fall short of * fall short to * fall sick * fall silent * fallstreaks, fallstreifen * fall through * fall through the cracks * fall to * fall to be * fall together * fall to loggerheads * fall to mold, fall to mould * fall to oneself * fall to one's knees * fall to one's lot * fall to one's share * fall to pieces * fall to powder * fall to the ground * fall under * fall unto * fall upon * fall victim to * fall what can fall, fall what will fall * fall with * fall within * foul fall * let fall * let the chips fall where they may * may fall, may-fall * misfall * overfall * the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain * refall * tendency of the rate of profit to fall * to-fall * under-fall *

Noun

(en noun)

The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.

*:“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.

See'' falls'''

An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.

Synonyms

* (act of moving to a lower position) descent, drop * (reduction) decrease, dip, drop, lowering, reduction * (season) autumn * (loss of greatness or status) downfall * rap

Antonyms

* (act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity) ascent, rise * (reduction) increase, rise * (loss of greatness or status) ascent, rise

Derived terms

* accidental fall * angle of fall * ash fall, ashfall * backfall * best-of-three-falls match * block and fall * break a fall * break-fall, breakfall * break one's fall * byfall * catfall * center of falls, centre of falls * chainfall * crossfall * darkfall * dead fall, dead-fall, deadfall * dew-fall, dewfall * dog-fall, dogfall * downfall * dustfall * earthfall * even-fall, evenfall * fall-and-rise phenomenon * fall armyworm * fall and tackle * fall block, fall-block * fall-blooming * fall-board, fallboard * fall-breaker * fall-bridge * fall cankerworm * (Fall Classic) * fall-cloud * fall colors * fall dandelion * fall-door * fall duck * fall equinox * fall factor * fall-fish, fallfish * fall foliage * fall-forward * fall from grace * fall front * fall-front desk * fall guy, fall-guy * fall herring * fall-iron door * fall-leaf * fall-less * fall line, fall-line * fall money * The (Fall of Baghdad) * The (Fall of Constantinople) * fall of day * the (w) * the Fall of Man, the fall of man * The (Fall of Saigon) * fall of the leaf * fall of the perch * the (w), the (Fall of Rome) * fall of wicket * fall overturn * fall-pipe * fall-pippin * fall rate * fall-rise * fall-rope * fall-run fish * falls * (Falls-to-Falls Corridor) * fall time * fall-trap * fall turnover * fall-way * fall webworm * fall wind, fall-wind * fall-window * fall-wood * fally * fall zone * fish fall * foot-fall, footfall * free fall * give a fall * ice fall, ice-fall * infall * jaw-fall, jawfall * landfall * law-fall * leaf-fall * litterfall * mid-fall, midfall * misfall * mouse-fall * near-fall * nightfall * offal * onfall * outfall * overfall * parachute landing fall * pinfall * pitfall * planetfall * prat-fall, pratfall, pratt-fall * pressure-fall center, pressure-fall centre * pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall * proudfall * rainfall * ride for a fall * rises and falls * rock-fall, rockfall * roof fall * root-fall * shake a fall * shout-and-fall * slip and fall * smokefall * snow-fall, snowfall * speck falls * stiff board fall * sunfall * Swedish fall * tackle fall * take the fall * technical fall * terminal fall velocity * threadfall * throughfall * toe drain and outfall * trad fall * trap-fall, trapfall * try a fall * two-out-of-three-falls match * underfall * waterfall * whale fall * windfall * withfall * wrestle a fall * zipper fall

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Lag vs Fall - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between lag and fall

In transitive terms the difference between lag and fall

As nouns the difference between lag and fall

As verbs the difference between lag and fall

As an adjective lag

As a proper noun Fall is

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Lag vs Fall - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between lag and fall

In transitive terms the difference between lag and fall

As nouns the difference between lag and fall

As verbs the difference between lag and fall

As an adjective lag

As a proper noun Fall is

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