decline vs tumble

tumble vs decline

decline and tumble both are nouns.

decline and tumble both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decline	Yes	No	Yes	No
tumble	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

decline: grow worse
tumble: suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

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

decline (noun)	tumble (noun)
a downward slope or bend	an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current	a sudden drop from an upright position
change toward something smaller or lower
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

decline (verb)	tumble (verb)
grow smaller	do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
grow worse	fall suddenly and sharply
show unwillingness towards	suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
inflect for number, gender, case, etc.	put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
go down	understand, usually after some initial difficulty
fall in value	throw together in a confused mass
not accept as true	fall down, as if collapsing
	fall apart
	roll over and over, back and forth
	cause to topple or tumble by pushing
	fly around

Difference between decline and tumble

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