fall out vs backfire

backfire vs fall out

fall out is not a noun while backfire is a noun.

fall out and backfire both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fall out	No	No	Yes	No
backfire	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

fall out: come to pass
backfire: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

Other hyponyms of fall out include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, anticipate, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, coincide, concur, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

fall out (noun)	backfire (noun)
	a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
	a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
	the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
	a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

fall out (verb)	backfire (verb)
come to pass	set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
have a breach in relations	emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
drop out	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation
come as a logical consequence; follow logically

Difference between fall out and backfire

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.