Difference between Falls and Waterfall

What is the difference between Falls and Waterfall?

Falls as a verb is (heading) to be moved downwards. while Waterfall as a verb is to fall like a waterfall.

Falls

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (heading) To be moved downwards.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A waterfall. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

Example sentence: We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things.

Waterfall

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fall like a waterfall.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

Example sentence: We were in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. It's a nice town, but it's aggressively quaint. They've got a popcorn shop above a waterfall and parades that come through town. It's all-American.

We hope you now know whether to use Falls or Waterfall in your sentence.

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