Difference between Downfall and Fall

What is the difference between Downfall and Fall?

Downfall as a noun is a precipitous decline in fortune; a rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth. while Fall as a noun is the act of moving in a fluid or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position.

Downfall

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A precipitous decline in fortune; a rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth. The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.

Example sentence: I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.

Fall

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of moving in a fluid or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position.A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.Autumn.A loss of greatness or status.The action of a batsman being out.A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given directionBlame; punishmentSee falls

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.To come down, to drop or descend.To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.To be brought to the ground.To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.To die, especially in battle.To be allotted to; to arrive through chance or fate.To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc).To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by the adjective that follows; to become prostrated literally or figuratively .To become.To cause something to descend to the ground; especially to cause a tree to descend to the ground by cutting it down.

Example sentence: Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

We hope you now know whether to use Downfall or Fall in your sentence.

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