Difference between Down and Declining

DOWN vs DECLINING: NOUN

English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Soft fine feathers
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
Fine, soft, fluffy feathers forming the first plumage of a young bird and underlying the contour feathers in certain adult birds.
A covering of soft, short hairs, as on some leaves or fruit.
A soft, silky, or feathery substance, such as the first growth of a human beard.

Change toward something smaller or lower
A condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
A gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
A downward slope or bend

Moving or directed downward.
Low or lower.
Learned or known perfectly.
Completed; done.
Retired; out.
Not permitted to advance further in the play because forward progress has stopped, especially by being tackled. Used of a ball carrier.
Not in play and at the place where offensive forward progress has stopped.
Low in spirits; depressed.
Malfunctioning or not operating, especially temporarily.
Trailing an opponent.
Reduced; diminished.
Cut down
Not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
The fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase
Being or moving lower in position or less in some value
Understood perfectly
Shut
Afflicted; sick.

Grow worse
Refuse to accept
Show unwillingness towards
Go down in value
Inflect for number, gender, case, etc., in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives inflectfornumbergendercaseetci
Grow smaller
Go down
Present participle of decline.

Toward or at a low or lower point on a scale.
To a specific location or source.
Away from a place considered central or a center of activity, such as a city or town.
Toward or in the south; southward.
In writing or a record.
In partial payment at the time of purchase.
Into or toward a secure position.
In or into one's stomach.
In or into a sitting, kneeling, or reclining position.
Downstairs.
From earlier times or people.
From a higher to a lower place or position.
From an earlier time
To a lower intensity
In an inactive or inoperative state
Paid in cash at time of purchase
Away from a more central or a more northerly place
Toward, to, or on the ground, floor, or bottom.
To or at a lower intensity or amount.
To or in a reduced or concentrated form.
To or in a quiescent or subdued state.
Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
To or into a lower or inferior condition, as of subjection, defeat, or disgrace.
To an extreme degree; heavily.
Seriously or vigorously.
In or into an inactive or inoperative state.

Felled, Dejected, Downfield, Downbound, Declining, Cut, Fallen, Lowered, Falling, Trailing, Low, Behind, Downwards, Downward, Out

Eroding, Plummeting, Diminishing, Dwindling, Shrinking, Retrograde, Retrogressive, Regressive, Down, Dying, Regressing, Failing, Deteriorating, Falling, Decreasing

Felled, Dejected, Downfield, Downbound, Declining, Cut, Fallen, Lowered, Falling, Trailing, Low, Behind, Downwards, Downward, Out

Eroding, Plummeting, Diminishing, Dwindling, Shrinking, Retrograde, Retrogressive, Regressive, Down, Dying, Regressing, Failing, Deteriorating, Falling, Decreasing

The administrative officer got right down to business.
To bundle a baby with his arms down to his sides and his legs down straight is not a developmentally appropriate position.
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It comes amid fears the Government is looking to water down key proposals laid down by the commission.
Down payment assistance programs can fund a down payment, too.
He breaks down in tears and begins to sob quietly, sitting down and rubbing his eyes.
But you live in Hickory down the down the mountain a little bit.
With low down payment loans enjoy greater credit allowances and low down payments.
USDA loans also do not require any money down, but down payment gifts are allowed with proper documentation.
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

This option is called the traditional declining contract.
Newark: crime and politics in a declining city.
We can talk, declining to spark into life.
FDs to senior citizens amid declining interest rates.
Which as can see from reports are declining.
Balarezo said in a statement, declining further comment.
MR residents has been declining for several years.
During downturns, private consumption and investment are on declining paths and it falls on the public purse to stimulate the declining aggregate demand.
Rejuvenation of declining citrus orchards: Declining citrus orchards can be rejuvenated with the use of developed technologies and brought into productive stage.
There are many different methods of depreciating assets, such as straight line, declining balance, double declining balance, and digits.