drop vs pall

drop and pall both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drop	Yes	No	Yes	No
pall	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, pall is a hypernym of drop; that is, pall is a word with a broader meaning than drop:

drop: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
pall: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

Other hypernyms of drop include curtain, drape, drapery, mantle.

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

Other hyponyms of drop include fatigue, jade, tire, weary, fade, languish, rot, waste.

drop (noun)	pall (noun)
the act of dropping something	hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
a central depository where things can be left or picked up	burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery	a sudden numbing dread
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
a steep high face of rock
a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
a shape that is spherical and small

drop (verb)	pall (verb)
give birth; used for animals	lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
grow progressively worse	lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
go down in value	become less interesting or attractive
stop pursuing or acting	lose sparkle or bouquet
change from one level to another	cause to become flat
lower the pitch of (musical notes)	cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death	cover with a pall
leave undone or leave out	cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
utter with seeming casualness
lose (a game)
take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
to remove
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
let or cause to fall in drops
to fall vertically
let fall to the ground
fall or descend to a lower place or level
pay out
stop associating with
terminate an association with
hang loosely