Difference between Fall and Accrue

What is the difference between Fall and Accrue?

Fall as a noun is the act of moving in a fluid or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position. while Accrue as a noun is something that accrues; advantage accruing

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 direction Blame; punishment See 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: Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Accrue

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To increase, to augment; to come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something that accrues; advantage accruing

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

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