fail vs crash
crash vs failfail is not a noun while crash is a noun.
fail and crash both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fail | No | No | Yes | No |
| crash | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
crash is a hyponym of
fail; that is, crash is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
fail:
- fail: stop operating or functioning
- crash: stop operating
Other hyponyms of fail include
go down, blow, blow out, burn out, misfire, malfunction, misfunction.
| fail (noun) | crash (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of colliding with something | |
| a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) | |
| a loud resonant repeating noise | |
| a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | |
| (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative |
| fail (verb) | crash (verb) |
|---|---|
| stop operating or functioning | sleep in a convenient place |
| deteriorate | stop operating |
| prove insufficient | undergo a sudden and severe downturn |
| disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake | undergo damage or destruction on impact |
| become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close | break violently or noisily; smash |
| be unsuccessful | cause to crash |
| fail to get a passing grade | hurl or thrust violently |
| fail to do something; leave something undone | enter uninvited; informal |
| judge unacceptable | move with, or as if with, a crashing noise |
| be unable | fall or come down violently |
| fall short in what is expected | move violently as through a barrier |
| make a sudden loud sound | |
| occupy, usually uninvited |
Words related to "fail"
- ball up
- betray
- blow
- blow out
- bobble
- bodge
- bollix
- bollix up
- bollocks
- bollocks up
- bomb
- botch
- botch up
- break
- break down
- bumble
- bungle
- burn out
- buy the farm
- cash in one's chips
- change
- choke
- conk
- conk out
- crash
- croak
- decease
- decline
- default
- default on
- die
- disappoint
- drop dead
- evaluate
- exit
- expire
- fail
- failing
- failure
- fall
- fall flat
- fall through
- flop
- flub
- fluff
- flunk
- flush it
- foul up
- founder
- fuck up
- fumble
- give out
- give way
- give-up the ghost
- go
- go bad
- go down
- go wrong
- judge
- kick the bucket
- let down
- lose track
- louse up
- malfunction
- manage
- mess up
- miscarry
- misfire
- misfunction
- mishandle
- miss
- muck up
- muff
- neglect
- overreach
- pass
- pass away
- pass judgment
- perish
- pop off
- run out
- screw up
- shipwreck
- snuff it
- spoil
- strike out
- succeed
- take it on the chin
- worsen
Words related to "crash"
- accident
- barge in
- bed down
- break
- break apart
- break down
- break up
- bunk down
- cast
- change
- clang
- clangor
- clangoring
- clangour
- clank
- clash
- collapse
- collide
- come down
- computer science
- computing
- conk out
- crash
- crasher
- dash
- descend
- die
- disintegrate
- ditch
- doss
- doss down
- fail
- fall
- gate-crash
- give out
- give way
- go
- go bad
- go down
- happening
- head crash
- hit
- hitting
- hurl
- hurtle
- impaction
- impingement
- intrude
- irrupt
- lodge in
- misadventure
- mischance
- mishap
- move
- natural event
- noise
- occupy
- occurrence
- occurrent
- pass
- prang
- ram
- reside
- smash
- sound
- striking
- wrap
- wreck
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