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Sideways vs Aside - What's the difference?

sideways | aside |

As nouns the difference between sideways and aside

is that sideways is plural of lang=en while aside is an incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.

As adverbs the difference between sideways and aside

is that sideways is with a side to the front while aside is to or on one side so as to be out of the way.

As an adjective sideways

is moving or directed toward one side.

sideways

English

Noun

(head)
  • *2002 , Joseph Brodsky, ?Cynthia L. Haven, Joseph Brodsky: Conversations , page 169:
    • And he was just taking byways and sideways , travelling in the peripheries of civilization, yeah?
  • *2006 , David Haskell, Roundabout the USA , page 103:
    • In time our way merged into a throng of cars flowing here and there on the highways and sideways of the north side of Los Angeles.
  • *2013 , Pitou van Dijck, The Impact of the IIRSA Road Infrastructure Programme on Amazonia , page 81:
    • Expansion of economic activities resulted in the construction of a so—called fishbone pattern of roads and sideways .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Moving or directed toward one side.
    • Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said,.
    He gave the ball a sideways kick.
  • (informal) Positioned]] [[#Adverb, sideways (with a side to the front).
    • There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways .
  • (informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
    • Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.
  • (chiefly, US, colloquial) Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
    • We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2011 , author=D P Lyle , title=Hot Lights, Cold Steel , chapter=78 , page=PT340 citation , isbn=160542191X , passage=As we walked deeper into the darkness, we both knew this could go sideways in a heartbeat. We were sitting ducks. Birds on a wire. Canaries in a coalmine. }}
  • In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
    • He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.

    Adverb

  • With a side to the front.
  • :
  • Towards one side.
  • :
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  • *:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways , as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
  • Askance; sidelong.
  • (lb) Neither upward nor downward.
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    aside

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
  • * Bible, 2 (w) iv. 4
    • Thou shalt set aside that which is full.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • But soft! but soft! aside : here comes the king.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • The flames were blown aside .
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Here was my chance. I took the old man aside , and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.}}
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  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

    • Derived terms

    * aside from * put aside * set aside * step aside

    Postposition

    (head)
  • aside from
    • Joking aside .
    Unusual circumstances aside .
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=But musical ancestry aside , the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).}}

    Derived terms

    * all kidding aside

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
  • (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.

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