trail vs fall back

fall back vs trail

trail is a noun but fall back is not a noun.

trail and fall back both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trail	Yes	No	Yes	No
fall back	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fall back is a hypernym of trail; that is, fall back is a word with a broader meaning than trail:

trail: to lag or linger behind
fall back: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

Other hypernyms of trail include dawdle, fall behind, lag.

trail (noun)	fall back (noun)
a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
evidence pointing to a possible solution
a track or mark left by something that has passed

trail (verb)	fall back (verb)
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground	go back to bad behavior
hang down so as to drag along the ground	retreat
go after with the intent to catch	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly	fall backwards and down
to lag or linger behind	move back and away from
	have recourse to

Difference between trail and fall back

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