Autumn vs. Fall
Difference Between Autumn and Fall
Autumnnoun
The season of the year between summer and winter, during which the weather becomes cooler and many plants become dormant, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and popularly considered to include the months of September, October, and November; fall. In the Southern Hemisphere autumn includes March, April, and May.
Fallverb
To drop or come down freely under the influence of gravity
Leaves fell from the tree.Autumnnoun
A period of maturity verging on decline.
Fallverb
To drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
I fell back in my chair. The pilgrims fell to their knees.Autumnadjective
Relating to or occurring in autumn
autumn foliage.autumn harvests.Fallverb
To lose an upright or erect position suddenly
tripped and fell.Autumnadjective
Grown during the season of autumn
autumn crops.Fallverb
To drop wounded or dead, especially in battle.
Autumnnoun
Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
Fallverb
To hang down
The child's hair fell in ringlets.Autumnnoun
The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
Fallverb
To be cast down
Her eyes fell.Autumnnoun
(fashion) A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.
Fallverb
To be directed toward or come into contact; rest
My gaze fell upon the letter. The light fell on my book.Autumnadjective
Of or relating to autumn; autumnal
autumn leavesFallverb
To come into existence or occur as if by falling
A plague fell on the town. Night fell quickly.Autumnnoun
the season when the leaves fall from the trees;
in the fall of 1973Fallverb
To occur at a specified time or place
The holiday falls on a Thursday. The stress falls on the last syllable.Fallverb
To be removed as if by falling
All grief fell from our hearts.Fallverb
To come forth as if by falling; issue
Did any thanks fall from their lips?.Fallverb
To assume an expression of consternation or disappointment
His face fell when he heard the report.Fallverb
To undergo conquest or capture, especially as the result of an armed attack
The city fell after a long siege.Fallverb
To experience defeat or ruin
The home team fell to the visitors. After 300 years the dynasty fell.Fallverb
To lose office
The disgraced prime minister fell from power.Fallverb
To move downward to a lower level; be reduced
The tide fell.Fallverb
To slope downward
The land falls gently toward the sea.Fallverb
To become less in amount or degree
The air pressure is falling.Fallverb
To diminish in pitch or volume
My friend's voice fell to a whisper.Fallverb
To decline in financial value
Last year, stocks fell sharply.Fallverb
To give into temptation; suffer a moral lapse.
Fallverb
(Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
Fallverb
To pass into a particular state, condition, or situation
fell silent.fall in love.Fallverb
To come, as by chance
fell among a band of thieves.Fallverb
To be given by assignment or distribution
The greatest task fell to me.Fallverb
To be given by right or inheritance.
Fallverb
To be included within the range or scope of something
The specimens fall into three categories.Fallverb
To apply oneself
fell to work immediately.Fallverb
To be born. Used chiefly of lambs.
Fallverb
To cut down (a tree); fell.
Fallnoun
The act or an instance of falling.
Fallnoun
A sudden drop from a relatively erect to a less erect position.
Fallnoun
Something that has fallen
a fall of snow.Fallnoun
An amount that has fallen
a fall of two inches of rain.Fallnoun
The distance that something falls
The victim suffered a fall of three stories to the ground.Fallnoun
Autumn.
Fallnoun
falls(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A waterfall.
Fallnoun
A downward movement or slope.
Fallnoun
A veil hung from a hat and down the wearer's back.
Fallnoun
An ornamental cascade of lace or trimming attached to a dress, usually at the collar.
Fallnoun
A hairpiece with long, free-hanging hair.
Fallnoun
An overthrow; a collapse
the fall of a government.Fallnoun
Armed capture of a place under siege
the fall of Troy.Fallnoun
A reduction in value, amount, or degree
a fall in housing prices.Fallnoun
A marked, often sudden, decline in status, rank, or importance
his fall from power.Fallnoun
A moral lapse.
Fallnoun
often Fall(Theology)The loss of humanity's original innocence and happiness resulting from Adam and Eve's eating of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
Fallnoun
The act of holding a wrestling opponent on the opponent's back so that the shoulders remain in contact with the mat for a designated period, usually one or two seconds, thereby winning the match. Also called pin.
Fallnoun
Any of various wrestling maneuvers resulting in such an act.
Fallnoun
A break or rise in the level of a deck.
Fallnoun
falls The apparatus used to hoist and transfer cargo or lifeboats.
Fallnoun
The end of a cable, rope, or chain that is pulled by the power source in hoisting.
Fallnoun
The birth of an animal, especially a lamb.
Fallnoun
All the animals born at one birth; a litter.
Fallnoun
A family of woodcock in flight.
Fallnoun
(Botany) One of the outer, drooping segments of a flower, especially an iris.
Falladjective
Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of fall
fall fashion.fall harvests.Falladjective
Grown during the season of fall
fall crops.Fallnoun
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
Fallnoun
A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
Fallnoun
The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
Fallnoun
A loss of greatness or status.
the fall of RomeFallnoun
That which falls or cascades.
Fallnoun
(sport) A crucial event or circumstance.
Fallnoun
The action of a batsman being out.
Fallnoun
(curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
Fallnoun
(wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
Fallnoun
A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
Fallnoun
Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
He set up his rival to take the fall.Fallnoun
The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.Fallnoun
See falls
Fallnoun
An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
Fallnoun
A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
Fallverb
To move downwards.
Fallverb
To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.Fallverb
To come down, to drop or descend.
The rain fell at dawn.Fallverb
To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.Fallverb
To be brought to the ground.
Fallverb
(transitive) To be moved downwards.
Fallverb
(obsolete) To let fall; to drop.
Fallverb
(obsolete) To sink; to depress.
to fall the voiceFallverb
To fell; to cut down.
to fall a treeFallverb
(intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
Fallverb
(copulative) To become.
She has fallen ill.The children fell asleep in the back of the car.When did you first fall in love?Fallverb
To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date.
Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.Fallverb
(intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.Fallverb
To die, especially in battle or by disease.
This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.Fallverb
(intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.Fallverb
(followed by a determining word or phrase) To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words following; to become prostrated literally or figuratively Usage notes]] below.
Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal.Fallverb
(transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
And so it falls to me to make this important decision.The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.Fallverb
To diminish; to lessen or lower.
Fallverb
To bring forth.
to fall lambsFallverb
To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
to fall into error;to fall into difficultiesFallverb
(intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
Fallverb
(intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
After arguing, they fell to blows.Fallverb
(intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
An unguarded expression fell from his lips.Fallnoun
the season when the leaves fall from the trees;
in the fall of 1973Fallnoun
a sudden drop from an upright position;
he had a nasty spill on the iceFallnoun
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve;
women have been blamed ever since the FallFallnoun
a downward slope or bend
Fallnoun
a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity;
a fall from virtueFallnoun
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;
the fall of the House of HapsburgFallnoun
a movement downward;
the rise and fall of the tidesFallnoun
the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions);
they were protected until the capitulation of the fortFallnoun
the time of day immediately following sunset;
he loved the twilightthey finished before the fall of nightFallnoun
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
Fallnoun
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;
it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that heightFallnoun
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones indexthere was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary arterya dip in priceswhen that became known the price of their stock went into free fallFallverb
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity;
The branch fell from the treeThe unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasseFallverb
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
The temperature is going downThe barometer is fallingThe curtain fell on the divaHer hand went up and then fell againFallverb
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind;
fall into a trapShe fell illThey fell out of favorFall in lovefall asleepfall prey to an imposterfall into a strange way of thinkingshe fell to pieces after she lost her workFallverb
come under, be classified or included;
fall into a categoryThis comes under a new headingFallverb
fall from clouds;
rain, snow and sleet were fallingVesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on HerculaneumFallverb
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin;
We must stand or fallfall by the waysideFallverb
decrease in size, extent, or range;
The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semesterThe cabin pressure fell dramaticallyher weight fall to under a hundred poundshis voice fell to a whisperFallverb
die, as in battle or in a hunt;
Many soldiers fell at VerdunSeveral deer have fallen to the same gunThe shooting victim fell deadFallverb
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;
Light fell on her faceThe sun shone on the fieldsThe light struck the golden necklaceA strange sound struck my earsFallverb
be captured;
The cities fell to the enemyFallverb
occur at a specified time or place;
Christmas falls on a Monday this yearThe accent falls on the first syllableFallverb
yield to temptation or sin;
Adam and Eve fellFallverb
lose office or power;
The government fell overnightThe Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-senFallverb
to be given by assignment or distribution;
The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the teamThe onus fell on usThe pressure to succeed fell on the yougest studentFallverb
move in a specified direction;
The line of men fall forwardFallverb
be due;
payments fall on the 1st of the monthFallverb
lose one's chastity;
a fallen womanFallverb
to be given by right or inheritance;
The estate fell to the oldest daughterFallverb
come into the possession of;
The house accrued to the oldest sonFallverb
fall to somebody by assignment or lot;
The task fell to meIt fell to me to notify the parents of the victimsFallverb
be inherited by;
The estate fell to my sisterThe land returned to the familyThe estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be deadFallverb
slope downward;
The hills around here fall towards the oceanFallverb
lose an upright position suddenly;
The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the tableHer hair fell across her foreheadFallverb
drop oneself to a lower or less erect position;
She fell back in her chairHe fell to his kneesFallverb
fall or flow in a certain way;
This dress hangs wellHer long black hair flowed down her backFallverb
assume a disappointed or sad expression;
Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid offhis crest fellFallverb
be cast down;
his eyes fellFallverb
come out; issue;
silly phrases fell from her mouthFallverb
be born, used chiefly of lambs;
The lambs fell in the afternoonFallverb
begin vigorously;
The prisoners fell to work right awayFallverb
go as if by falling;
Grief fell from our heartsFallverb
come as if by falling;
Night fellSilence fell
