drag vs fall back

fall back vs drag

drag is a noun but fall back is not a noun.

drag and fall back both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drag	Yes	No	Yes	No
fall back	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fall back is a hypernym of drag; that is, fall back is a word with a broader meaning than drag:

drag: to lag or linger behind
fall back: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

Other hypernyms of drag include dawdle, fall behind, lag.

drag (noun)	fall back (noun)
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
something tedious and boring
something that slows or delays progress
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

drag (verb)	fall back (verb)
proceed for an extended period of time	go back to bad behavior
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting	retreat
suck in or take (air)	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
pull, as against a resistance	fall backwards and down
draw slowly or heavily	move back and away from
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost	have recourse to
to lag or linger behind
walk without lifting the feet
move slowly and as if with great effort
use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Difference between drag and fall back

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