fall apart vs crush

crush vs fall apart

fall apart is not a noun while crush is a noun.

fall apart and crush both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fall apart	No	No	Yes	No
crush	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, crush is a hyponym of fall apart; that is, crush is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fall apart:

fall apart: become separated into pieces or fragments
crush: become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

Other hyponyms of fall apart include break open, burst, split, puncture, burst, bust, smash, ladder, run, crack, snap, break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize.

fall apart (noun)	crush (noun)
	the act of crushing
	temporary love of an adolescent
	a dense crowd of people
	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

fall apart (verb)	crush (verb)
become separated into pieces or fragments	break into small pieces
break or fall apart into fragments	become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
go to pieces	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
lose one's emotional or mental composure	make ineffective
	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
	crush or bruise
	humiliate or depress completely
	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

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