Difference between Slump and Decline

What is the difference between Slump and Decline?

Slump as a noun is a heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period. while Decline as a noun is downward movement, fall.

Slump

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To collapse heavily or helplessly. To slouch or droop. To decline or fall off in activity or performance.

Example sentence: On the practice green, I hit a lot of four-footers with my right hand only. But whatever grip I'm using, you can bet I'm feeling good about it. Otherwise, I'd change. That's how I avoid slumps.

Decline

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Downward movement, fall.A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.A weakening.A reduction or diminution of activity.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move downwards, to fall, to drop.To become weaker or worse.To refuse.To list the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun (and in some languages adjective) for case and number.

Example sentence: When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.

We hope you now know whether to use Slump or Decline in your sentence.

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