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Tumbledown vs Rolldown - What's the difference?

tumbledown | rolldown |

As adjectives the difference between tumbledown and rolldown

is that tumbledown is in disrepair; poorly maintained while rolldown is capable of being rolled down.

tumbledown

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • in disrepair; poorly maintained
  • :They lived in a tumbledown shack on the edge of the woods.

    • Synonyms

    * bedraggled * broken-down * dilapidated * ramshackle * ruinous * rundown * tatterdemalion

    rolldown

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Capable of being rolled down.
  • * 1992 , Aras Ören, Please, no police
    • Then he rolled down the wooden blinds inside, opened the door and pulled halfway down the metal rolldown shutter outside.
  • (pinball)
  • * 1948 , Billboard (24 January 1948, page 76)
    • New rolldown uses pinball-size balls and, except for the fact that the game has the conventional open rolldown table end and does not use a plunger, the game's playing surface resembles the pinball variation of Bermuda.