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Clockward vs Clockwise - What's the difference?

clockward | clockwise |

As adverbs the difference between clockward and clockwise

is that clockward is toward a clock while clockwise is in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the right at the top of the circle and to the left at the bottom, in the way that the hands of a clock move.

As adjectives the difference between clockward and clockwise

is that clockward is (Of a glance, a look, etc.) toward a clock while clockwise is moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.

clockward

English

Adverb

(-)
  • toward a clock

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (Of a glance, a look, etc.) toward a clock

    • clockwise

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the right at the top of the circle and to the left at the bottom, in the way that the hands of a clock move.
  • (of movement) Positioned as such when facing the side of a circular structure or configuration, objects moving within the structure approach from the right-hand side, and depart toward the left-hand side.

    • Synonyms

    * (movement) CW, dextrorotatory, sunwise, deasil

    Antonyms

    * (movement) ** ACW, anticlockwise (qualifier) ** CCW, counterclockwise, counter-clockwise (qualifier) ** withershins, widdershins

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
    • In the southern hemisphere the flow of air around a low-pressure system is clockwise .

    See also

    * (Clockwise)