Fallen vs. Falling — What's the Difference?

Past participle of fall.

To drop or come down freely under the influence of gravity

Inflection of fall

To drop oneself to a lower or less erect position

Having dropped by the force of gravity.

To lose an upright or erect position suddenly

(literary) Killed in battle.

To drop wounded or dead, especially in battle.

Having lost one's chastity.

To hang down

Having collapsed.

To be cast down

Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.

To be directed toward or come into contact; rest

(pluralonly) The dead.

To come into existence or occur as if by falling

(pluralonly) Casualties of battle or war.

To occur at a specified time or place

One who has fallen, as from grace.

To be removed as if by falling

Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.

To come forth as if by falling; issue

Having dropped by the force of gravity;

To assume an expression of consternation or disappointment

Having fallen in or collapsed;

To undergo conquest or capture, especially as the result of an armed attack

Having lost your chastity;

To experience defeat or ruin

Killed in battle;

To lose office

To move downward to a lower level; be reduced

To slope downward

To become less in amount or degree

To diminish in pitch or volume

To decline in financial value

To give into temptation; suffer a moral lapse.

(Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.

To pass into a particular state, condition, or situation

To come, as by chance

To be given by assignment or distribution

To be given by right or inheritance.

To be included within the range or scope of something

To apply oneself

To be born. Used chiefly of lambs.

To cut down (a tree); fell.

The act or an instance of falling.

A sudden drop from a relatively erect to a less erect position.

Something that has fallen

An amount that has fallen

The distance that something falls

Autumn.

Falls(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A waterfall.

A downward movement or slope.

A veil hung from a hat and down the wearer's back.

An ornamental cascade of lace or trimming attached to a dress, usually at the collar.

A hairpiece with long, free-hanging hair.

An overthrow; a collapse

Armed capture of a place under siege

A reduction in value, amount, or degree

A marked, often sudden, decline in status, rank, or importance

A moral lapse.

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.

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.

Any of various wrestling maneuvers resulting in such an act.

A break or rise in the level of a deck.

Falls The apparatus used to hoist and transfer cargo or lifeboats.

The end of a cable, rope, or chain that is pulled by the power source in hoisting.

The birth of an animal, especially a lamb.

All the animals born at one birth; a litter.

A family of woodcock in flight.

(Botany) One of the outer, drooping segments of a flower, especially an iris.

Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of fall

Grown during the season of fall

Present participle of fall

That falls or fall.

Gerund of fall

Suddenly losing an upright position;

Decreasing in amount or degree;

Becoming lower or less in degree or value;

Coming down freely under the influence of gravity;