decline vs fall away

fall away vs decline

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

decline and fall away both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

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

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