Downwind vs Upwind - What's the difference?
downwind | upwind | Antonyms |
in the same direction as the wind is blowing
* 1888: Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills
(+ from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind
Upwind is a antonym of downwind.
As adverbs the difference between downwind and upwind
is that downwind is in the same direction as the wind is blowing while upwind is in the direction from which the wind is blowing.As an adjective upwind is
exposed to the wind.downwind
English
(wikipedia downwind)Adverb
(en adverb)- ... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper.
- I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm.
