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pall vs drop

drop vs pall

pall and drop both are nouns.

pall and drop both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pall Yes No Yes No
drop Yes No Yes No
As nouns, drop is a hyponym of pall; that is, drop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pall:
  • pall: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  • drop: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
As verbs, drop is a hypernym of pall; that is, drop is a word with a broader meaning than pall:
  • pall: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
  • drop: grow progressively worse
Other hypernyms of pall include degenerate, deteriorate, devolve.
pall (noun) drop (noun)
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) the act of dropping something
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped a central depository where things can be left or picked up
a sudden numbing dread a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
a steep high face of rock
a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
a shape that is spherical and small
pall (verb) drop (verb)
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody give birth; used for animals
lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) grow progressively worse
become less interesting or attractive go down in value
lose sparkle or bouquet stop pursuing or acting
cause to become flat change from one level to another
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing lower the pitch of (musical notes)
cover with a pall fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away leave undone or leave out
omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
utter with seeming casualness
lose (a game)
take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
to remove
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
let or cause to fall in drops
to fall vertically
let fall to the ground
fall or descend to a lower place or level
pay out
stop associating with
terminate an association with
hang loosely
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