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drop vs use up

use up vs drop

drop is a noun but use up is not a noun.

drop and use up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
drop Yes No Yes No
use up No No Yes No
As verbs, use up is a hypernym of drop; that is, use up is a word with a broader meaning than drop:
  • drop: pay out
  • use up: use up (resources or materials)
Other hypernyms of drop include consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use, wipe out, pay.
drop (noun) use up (noun)
the act of dropping something
a central depository where things can be left or picked up
a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
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) use up (verb)
give birth; used for animals use up (resources or materials)
grow progressively worse require (time or space)
go down in value
stop pursuing or acting
change from one level to another
lower the pitch of (musical notes)
fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
leave undone or leave out
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
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