fall back vs trail

trail vs fall back

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

fall back and trail both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

fall back (noun)	trail (noun)
	a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
	evidence pointing to a possible solution
	a track or mark left by something that has passed

fall back (verb)	trail (verb)
go back to bad behavior	drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
retreat	hang down so as to drag along the ground
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.	go after with the intent to catch
fall backwards and down	move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
move back and away from	to lag or linger behind
have recourse to

Difference between fall back and trail

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