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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Topple vs. tumble
British Ounce, U.S Dollar Toppled by Tumbling Home Prices
How do the words differ from each other? I looked them up and they have very similar meanings. Could you show me when to use which? provide me a few examples?
here is another post about Tumble vs. Topple, but it doens't help me much.
How do the words differ from each other? I looked them up and they have very similar meanings. Could you show me when to use which? provide me a few examples?
here is another post about Tumble vs. Topple, but it doens't help me much.
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S Dollar Toppled by Tumbling Home Prices 'Toppled' here means 'knocked down', 'made to fall down'. (by the falling prices) 'Tumbling' here means falling in a rapid, erratic manner. How do the words differ from each other?
- S Dollar Toppled by Tumbling Home Prices 'Toppled' here means 'knocked down', 'made to fall down'.
- (by the falling prices) 'Tumbling' here means falling in a rapid, erratic manner.
- How do the words differ from each other?
- I looked them up and they have very similar meanings.
- Could you show me when to use which?
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Hi,
British Ounce, U.S Dollar Toppled by Tumbling Home Prices
'Toppled' here means 'knocked down', 'made to fall down'. (by the falling prices)
'Tumbling' here means falling in a rapid, erratic manner.
How do the words differ from each other? I looked them up and they have very similar meanings. Could you show me whe
British Ounce, U.S Dollar Toppled by Tumbling Home Prices
'Toppled' here means 'knocked down', 'made to fall down'. (by the falling prices)
'Tumbling' here means falling in a rapid, erratic manner.
How do the words differ from each other? I looked them up and they have very similar meanings. Could you show me whe
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As I understand it, the subject is doing the toppling to something else. E.g. When something topples something else, it knocks it down. When something tumbles, it's happening to the object. It is tumbling - falling erratically.
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