flop vs go down

go down vs flop

flop is a noun but go down is not a noun.

flop and go down both are verbs.

flop is an adverb but go down is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flop	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
go down	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, go down is a hypernym of flop; that is, go down is a word with a broader meaning than flop:

flop: fall suddenly and abruptly
go down: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

Other hypernyms of flop include come down, descend, fall.

flop (noun)	go down (noun)
the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
a complete failure
someone who is unsuccessful
an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers

flop (verb)	go down (verb)
fall suddenly and abruptly	grow smaller
fall loosely	stop operating
fail utterly; collapse	be defeated
	be ingested
	go under
	disappear beyond the horizon
	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
	be recorded or remembered

flop (adverb)	go down (adverb)
with a flopping sound
completely

Difference between flop and go down

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