Downgoing vs Downgone - What's the difference?
downgoing | downgone | Related terms |
(sciences, especially of a wave) Tending downward
* {{quote-book, 1997, , Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, isbn=0309058260
, passage=First, explosions in the water are efficient generators of seismic waves, because hydroacoustic energy efficiently generates downgoing seismic waves below the water.}}
(rare, poetic) A descent
* {{quote-book, 1854, John Stanyan Bigg, Night and the Soul: A Dramatic Poem
, passage=Art thou not weary, Time, of thy long tramp, / Thy long downgoings from the thrones of bliss ?}}
(US, dialectal, Appalachia) Poor-looking; shabby
* {{quote-book, 1928, Maristan Chapman, The Happy Valley
, passage=When they got to the place, Waits saw that auctions down valley were very seemingly like any others, and he saw the same crowd of buggies and mules and cars all hitched together around the downgone farm-place till it was a surprise anybody could untwine them one from the other.}}
Downgoing is a related term of downgone.
As adjectives the difference between downgoing and downgone
is that downgoing is (sciences|especially of a wave) tending downward while downgone is (us|dialectal|appalachia) poor-looking; shabby.As a noun downgoing
is (rare|poetic) a descent.downgoing
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