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: When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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: Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.