Thread: Урони пистолет! или Брось пистолет! ??

(Also, бросить школу/учёбу - to drop out of school.)

бросить - implies an intention
уронить - implies an absence intention

сбросить - to drop something or someone down from some surface

сбросить - can be intentional or unintentional, depending on context.

Originally Posted by Milanya

уронить - implies an absence intention

not quite right
уронить can be intentional. The main difference between бросить and уронить is that бросить basically means to throw an object in any direction(or quit doing something or leave someone) and it's always intentional while уронить means to make intentional or non intentional action that would cause an object to fall down.

бросить also requires possession of an object before the action while уронить does not always require it, for example: let's say there is a vase on pedestal and you bumped to the pedestal causing the vase to fall down, theoretically someone could look at that and say that you "уронил(а) вазу" even that you haven't touched the vase.

уронить could also be figurative, as in уронить честь that means to lose honor