Difference between Flop and Collapse

What is the difference between Flop and Collapse?

Flop as a verb is to fall heavily, because lacking energy. while Collapse as a verb is to fall down suddenly; to cave in

Flop

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fall heavily, because lacking energy. To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.).

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Right, squarely, flat-out. With a flopping sound.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down. A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry. The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game. A place to stay, sleep or live. See flophouse A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop. A unit of measure of processor speed, being one floating-point operation per second.

Example sentence: You could become an overnight star in Bollywood with just single hit, but your fate would change with a single flop. That's why I do not derive satisfaction however much name I earn for myself in Bollywood.

Collapse

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fall down suddenly; to cave inTo cease to function due to a sudden breakdownTo fold compactlyFor several batsmen to get out in quick successionTo cause something to collapse.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of collapsingConstant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)

Example sentence: We should not be waiting until trains derail, bridges collapse and people die to adequately fund our transportation infrastructure.

We hope you now know whether to use Flop or Collapse in your sentence.

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