Downwards vs. Upwards — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Downwards and Upwards
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Downwards
Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
Gravity pulls everything downwards.
Upwards
Towards a higher place; towards what is above.
Downwards
Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.
After the rise in oil prices, the economy headed downwards.
Upwards
To a higher figure or amount.
Downwards
Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;
Don't fall down
Rode the lift up and skied down
Prices plunged downward
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Upwards
Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
Upwards
Backwards in time, into the past.
Upwards
To or into later life.
Upwards
Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position;
Look up!
The music surged up
The fragments flew upwards
Prices soared upwards
Upwardly mobile
Upwards
To a later time;
They moved the meeting date up
From childhood upward
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