Atop vs Atopy - What's the difference?
atop | atopy |
On the top of.
* 1966 , The Minnesota Review , vol. 6, page 242
* 2006 , Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch , page 48
*:"And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again.
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
On the top, with "of".
On, to, or at the top.
* 1909 , William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities , Kessinger Publishing 2004, p. 46:
* 1978 , James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous , Harper & Row 1978, p. 102:
(medicine) A hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic conditions; generally considered to be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors.
* 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 67:
A person suffering from atopic syndrome; a case of atopy.
As a preposition atop
is on the top of.As an adverb atop
is on, to, or at the top.As a noun atopy is
(medicine) a hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic conditions; generally considered to be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors.atop
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)- He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
- A virtue is made out of a necessity, with the child feeling far more atop and master of his oddness, his behavior now deliberate or even clever.
- “Monotheism was born here,” Goren tells me atop a cliff overlooking the sheet of iron-colored water.
Usage notes
"Atop of" was formerly much more commonly used than now.Derived terms
* thereatopSynonyms
* on top * ontop (mainly US)Adverb
(-)- He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop , though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown.
- The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop .
atopy
English
(wikipedia atopy)Noun
(atopies)- Whatever factor is invoked to explain the increase in asthma must also be capable of explaining other outbreaks of atopy .