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The article's headline says "stumble", whereas the HN link headline says "tumble". The two words have almost opposite meanings.
by vorg 10y ago
The article's headline says "stumble", whereas the HN link headline says "tumble". The two words have almost opposite meanings.
- dragonwriter 10y agoThey both mean fall, although "stumble" has a slight implication that the fall is temporary.
- jfoutz 10y agoEverybody uses words in their own way, but i'm pretty sure stumble is to almost fall. Like a momentary loss of balance. Tumble is worse, it's actually eating it. Metaphors suck though. I don't know if 'balance' has any real meaning in the context of a job market. Supply and demand can't ever really be out of balance, they can just be distorted by random effects. In this sense 'fall' must mean smaller market? Headlines are by nature vague and imprecise, they're just enough of a hook to make you decide to read the article or not. shrug
- DrScump 10y agoMy personal connotation would be that "stumble" implies a misstep (e.g. one's own fault), but "tumble" can be due to outside influences. YMMV.