Downstairs vs Belowstairs - What's the difference?
downstairs | belowstairs |
A floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies.
(slang) The genitalia
(archaic) A floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; downstairs.
* 1752 , Stukeley,
(UK) The areas of a large house in which house staff works.
(UK) The staff that works in such areas.
As adverbs the difference between downstairs and belowstairs
is that downstairs is living, stepping, or coming down the stairs while belowstairs is (archaic) a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; downstairs.As nouns the difference between downstairs and belowstairs
is that downstairs is (slang) the genitalia while belowstairs is (uk) the areas of a large house in which house staff works.As an adjective downstairs
is a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies.downstairs
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Adjective
(further)Noun
(-)- The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs .
Antonyms
* upstairsbelowstairs
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Alternative forms
* below stairsAdverb
(en adverb)- it was talkd, that there was an old gentleman belowstairs whom they fancied to be Sr. Isaac Newton.