go down vs climb down

climb down vs go down

go down and climb down both are verbs.

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

As verbs, climb down is a hyponym of go down; that is, climb down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than go down:

go down: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
climb down: come down

Other hyponyms of go down include prolapse, abseil, rappel, rope down, dismount, get down, get off, light, unhorse, avalanche, roll down, dive, plunge, plunk, go down, go under, set, correct, decline, slump, precipitate, sink, subside, crash, flop, topple, tumble, drop, plop, pitch, alight, go down, go under, settle, sink, pounce, swoop, drip, cascade, cascade down.

go down (verb)	climb down (verb)
grow smaller	come down
stop operating
be defeated
be ingested
go under
disappear beyond the horizon
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
be recorded or remembered

Difference between go down and climb down

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