different between downfall vs capitulation

English

Etymology

From down- +? fall. In this spelling, from 16th century; spelled as two words from 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?nf??l/

Noun

downfall (countable and uncountable, plural downfalls)

1. A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.

   Synonyms: (precipitous decline in fortune) fall, (death or rapid deterioration) doom
2. The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
   • Orson Scott Card

     It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.

3. An act of falling down.

Derived terms

• Operation Downfall

Translations

Verb

downfall (third-person singular simple present downfalls, present participle downfalling, simple past downfell, past participle downfallen)

1. (intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.
   • 1998, Peter Vink, Ernst A. P. Koningsveld, Steven Dhondt, Human factors in organizational design and management-VI:

     Common belief has been that in the future the number of middle managers will downfall due to empowerment and team-building.

   • 1998, Lithuanian physics journal:

     It should be noted that the magnitude of satellites decreases when tuning out of degeneracy, and in the wavelength range of 1.2-1.3 pm it downfalls to the value of 10-15% of the main spike magnitude.

Derived terms

• down-fallen, downfallen

Anagrams

• Wolfland, fall down, landfowl

English

Etymology

From Middle French capitulation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

capitulation (countable and uncountable, plural capitulations)

1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
4. An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.

Related terms

• chapiter
• chapter
• capital
• capitalism
• captain
• capitulate

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

capitulation f (plural capitulations)

1. capitulation

Further reading

• “capitulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).