Difference between Falling and Dropping

What is the difference between Falling and Dropping?

Falling as a verb is (heading) to be moved downwards. while Dropping as a verb is to fall in droplets (of a liquid).

Falling

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: That falls or fall.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The action of the verb to fall.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (heading) To be moved downwards.

Example sentence: You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Dropping

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fall in droplets (of a liquid).

Example sentence: I have seen extreme lows because of factors that were not in my hands - be it not having money to buy my first bike, dropping out of a prestigious engineering college without having a single rupee in my bank account, living with seven boys in a single-room kitchen in Mumbai, or eating nothing but khichdi every day. But I cherish all those moments.

We hope you now know whether to use Falling or Dropping in your sentence.

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