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What is difference between "fall" and "drop"?

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mohamed_kh4 profile picture mohamed_kh4December 2016
You can use drop to show that someone dropped something, but you can't use fall in the same way.
susoline profile picture susolineJuly 2020
Fall is without an object.
Drop is either with an object or without.

The book fell. ...I made the book fall is the only way to include an object.
Whereas ...the book fell... or .....the book dropped... is fine.
Shanegaryk profile picture ShanegarykApril 2019
I like to think of it has, he dropped to the floor, suggesting he was standing or not at a very tall position above the ground.

Falling would be, the sky is falling, meaning there is a greater height involved and the person/object is falling at a great height and speed.

Also drop is a sudden change in height where fall is a distrastic and gradual change in height.
henrybrassen profile picture henrybrassenSeptember 2023
A human, an ape, a dog, for instance, drops something. But an apple falls from a tree.
exRanger profile picture exRangerJune 2020
Some slang:

"Drop it!" = cease/conclude/end s.t.
"Drop dead!" = a very firm "no" response.
"Fall back" = move away/stand down/return to a former stance.
exRanger profile picture exRangerJune 2020
So as is by now obvious, the words "drop" and "fall" have many meanings as verb, both transitive and intransitive, as well as being part of scores of verb phrases @ which they are assisted by any of several propositions to achieve different ends.
exRanger profile picture exRangerJune 2020
Drop out: quit, e.g., leave school before completion.
Drop in: visit someone/someplace (usually unannounced)
exRanger profile picture exRangerJune 2020
Fall + certain prepositions has myriad meanings...

Fall in (gather/assemble)
Fall out (dissemble/relax/recess)

Note: Both of the above, while having roots in military usage re; English, have become to be used widely among America's civilian (non military) as well.