Below vs. Bottom — What's the Difference?

In or to a lower place; beneath.

The lowest point or part of something

On or to a lower floor; downstairs.

A person's buttocks

(Nautical) On or to a lower deck.

One of six flavours of quark.

In a later part of a given text

Stamina or strength of character

Farther down, as along a slope or valley.

A man who takes the passive role in anal intercourse with another man.

In or to hell or Hades.

In the lowest position

On the earth.

(of a ship) reach or touch the ground under the sea

In a lower rank or class.

(of a situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving

Below zero in temperature

The deepest or lowest part

Underneath; beneath.

The part closest to a reference point

Lower than, as on a graduated scale.

The underside

Downstream of

The supporting part; the base.

South of

The far end or part

Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of

The last place, as on a list.

Lower in spatial position than.

The lowest or least favorable position

Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.

The basic underlying quality; the source

Downstream of.

The solid surface under a body of water.

South of.

Often bottoms Low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river. Also called bottomland.

Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.

(Nautical) The part of a ship's hull below the water line.

(stage directions) Downstage of.

A ship; a boat

In or to a lower place.

Often bottoms The trousers or short pants of pajamas.

On or to a lower storey.

(Informal) The buttocks.

(nautical) On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.

The seat of a chair.

Later in the same text.

(Baseball) The second or last half of an inning.

(of a temperature) Below zero.

Staying power; stamina. Used of a horse.

Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.

(Slang) One who is penetrated by another person or is the submissive partner in a sexual encounter or relationship.

Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.

Situated at the bottom

Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.

Of the lowest degree, quality, rank, or amount

In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.

To provide with an underside.

On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.

To provide with a foundation; base

In hell, or the regions of the dead.

To have or strike the underside against something

In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.

The lowest part of anything.

In some part or page following.

A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.

In or to a place that is lower

Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.

At a later place;

The far end of somewhere.

(in writing) see below;

Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.

On a floor below;

Power of endurance.

Further down;

The base; the fundamental part; basic aspect.

Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.

(usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.

(euphemism) The buttocks or anus.

The lowest part of a container.

The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.

An abyss.

(nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.

(nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.

(baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.

(BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.

(gay slang) A man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex with men.

(particle physics) bottom quark.

A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

(obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

(transitive) To furnish (something) with a bottom.

(transitive) To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).

(obsolete) To wind (like a ball of thread etc.).

(transitive) To establish or found (something) on or upon.

To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.

To be based or grounded.

To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.

(transitive) To reach the bottom of something.

To fall to the lowest point.

To be the submissive partner in a BDSM relationship.

To be anally penetrated in gay sex.

The lowest or last place or position.

(transgender) Relating to the genitals.

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.

That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.

The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.

The fundament; the buttocks.

An abyss.

Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.

The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.

Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.

Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.

To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; - followed by on or upon.

To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.

To reach or get to the bottom of.

To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; - usually with on or upon.

To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.

To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.

The lower side of anything

The lowest part of anything;

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

The second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

A depression forming the ground under a body of water;

Low-lying alluvial land near a river

A cargo ship;

Provide with a bottom or a seat;

Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

Come to understand

Situated at the bottom or lowest position;

At the bottom; lowest or last;

The lowest rank;