drooping vs cernuous

drooping and cernuous both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drooping	No	Yes	No	No
cernuous	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, drooping and cernuous are synonyms defined as:

drooping and cernuous: having branches or flower heads that bend downward

Other synonyms of drooping include nodding, pendulous, weeping.

drooping (adjective)	cernuous (adjective)
hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)	having branches or flower heads that bend downward
weak from exhaustion
having branches or flower heads that bend downward