go down vs roll down

roll down vs go down

go down and roll down both are verbs.

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

As verbs, roll down is a hyponym of go down; that is, roll 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
roll down: gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

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

go down (verb)	roll down (verb)
grow smaller	gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
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 roll down

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