Tofall vs Plummet - What's the difference?
tofall | plummet |
Decline; settling; end; close.
(archaic, architechture) A shed or building annexed to the wall of a larger one, having its roof formed in a single slope with the top resting against the wall; lean-to. (archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
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(archaic) A plumb bob or a plumb line.
(archaic) Hence, any weight.
* 1945, , Here is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe , The World Publishing Company (1945), page #93:
(archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing
a plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
Violent or dramatic fall
(figuratively) decline; fall; drop
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To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
As nouns the difference between tofall and plummet
is that tofall is decline; settling; end; close while plummet is a piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.As a verb plummet is
to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.tofall
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)Noun
(en noun)- at to-fall of the day'' — A. E. Houseman, ''More Poems , XLIV
plummet
English
Noun
(en noun)- I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded.
- His parachute was shot half away, and if he'd jumped he would have fallen like a plummet .
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Verb
- After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.
