Fall
Fall noun - A downward slope.
Usage example: the sharp fall of the land sends rivers rushing to the seas
Upgrade
Upgrade noun - An upward slope.
Usage example: had to walk our bicycle on the upgrades on our ride through the hills
Common collocations
| people | fall people | upgrade people |
| way | fall way | upgrade way |
| characters | fall characters | upgrade characters |
| times | fall times | upgrade times |
| Other words: powers. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, when you buy a upgrade for one of your guns, the upgrade is reflected by the gun's appearance changing.
Source: Elaborate Equals Effective - In this fic, they briefly fall into Jessie and James' old roles, but that doesn't last long before they decide to upgrade their teams.
Source: Fan Fic / Ashes of the Past -
The only handheld games in The Legend of Zelda series with polygonal graphics that don't fall under the "presentation upgrade" category are both enhanced versions of the Nintendo 64 games.
Source: Video Game 3D Leap
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Upgrade and Fall. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fall/upgrade
Fall & Upgrade. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fall/upgrade>.
Upgrade or Fall. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fall/upgrade.
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