decline vs drop away

drop away vs decline

decline is a noun but drop away is not a noun.

decline and drop away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decline	Yes	No	Yes	No
drop away	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, drop away is a hyponym of decline; that is, drop away is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decline:

decline: grow worse
drop away: fall to a lower standard

Other hyponyms of decline include inflame, come down, sicken, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop, deprive, impoverish, fail, tumble, drop off, fall away, slip, suffer, lose, suffer, regress, retrograde, retrogress, turn down.

decline (noun)	drop away (noun)
a downward slope or bend
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
change toward something smaller or lower
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

decline (verb)	drop away (verb)
grow smaller	fall to a lower standard
grow worse
show unwillingness towards
inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
go down
fall in value
not accept as true

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