fall back vs drag

drag vs fall back

fall back is not a noun while drag is a noun.

fall back and drag both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fall back	No	No	Yes	No
drag	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

fall back: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
drag: to lag or linger behind

Other hyponyms of fall back include drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail.

fall back (noun)	drag (noun)
	the act of dragging (pulling with force)
	a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
	clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
	something tedious and boring
	something that slows or delays progress
	the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

fall back (verb)	drag (verb)
go back to bad behavior	proceed for an extended period of time
retreat	persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.	suck in or take (air)
fall backwards and down	pull, as against a resistance
move back and away from	draw slowly or heavily
have recourse to	search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
	to lag or linger behind
	walk without lifting the feet
	move slowly and as if with great effort
	use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
	force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Difference between fall back and drag

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