Downstairs vs. Below — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Downstairs and Below
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Downstairs
Down the stairs
Raced my friend downstairs.
Below
In or to a lower place; beneath.
Downstairs
To or on a lower floor
Waited downstairs while her parents were getting dressed.
Below
On or to a lower floor; downstairs.
Downstairs
The lower or main floor.
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Below
(Nautical) On or to a lower deck.
Downstairs
Located on a lower or main floor.
Below
In a later part of a given text
Figures quoted below.
Downstairs
A floor lower than the current one.
Below
Farther down, as along a slope or valley.
Downstairs
Living, stepping, or coming down the stairs
Below
In or to hell or Hades.
Downstairs
The lower floor of a house, at ground level.
Below
On the earth.
Downstairs
The genitalia.
The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.
Below
In a lower rank or class.
Downstairs
Down the stairs; to a lower floor; as, she headed downstairs as soon as she heard the horn.
Below
Below zero in temperature
40° below.
Downstairs
On or of lower floors of a building;
The downstairs (or downstair) phone
Below
Underneath; beneath.
Downstairs
On a floor below;
The tenants live downstairs
Below
Lower than, as on a graduated scale.
Below
Downstream of
Launched the canoe just below the bridge.
Below
South of
Guatemala is below Mexico.
Below
Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of
Such petty behavior is below me.
Below
Lower in spatial position than.
The treasure is buried two meters below the surface.
The marmalade is on the shelf below the bread.
Below
Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.
The temperature is below zero.
Liverpool are below Manchester City in the Premier League.
Below
Downstream of.
The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.
Below
South of.
Sudan is below Egypt.
Below
Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
Such petty behavior is below me.
Below
(stage directions) Downstage of.
Below
In or to a lower place.
The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.
He was pulled below by a sea monster.
Below
On or to a lower storey.
She lives below, on the ground floor.
Below
(nautical) On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.
The captain went below to inspect the engine.
The landlubbers lying down below
Below
Later in the same text.
This point is explained below.
By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below.
Below
(of a temperature) Below zero.
It was forty degrees below.
Below
Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.
Below
Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.
Below
Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . . how below all history the persons and their actions were.
Who thinks no fact below his regard.
Below
In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.
Lord Marmion waits below.
Below
On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.
The fairest child of Jove below.
Below
In hell, or the regions of the dead.
What business brought him to the realms below.
Below
In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.
Below
In some part or page following.
Below
In or to a place that is lower
Below
At a later place;
See below
Below
(in writing) see below;
Vide infra
Below
On a floor below;
The tenants live downstairs
Below
Further down;
See under for further discussion
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