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Downstream vs Downhill - What's the difference?

downstream | downhill |

As adjectives the difference between downstream and downhill

is that downstream is lower down, in relation to a river or stream while downhill is located down a slope or hill.

As adverbs the difference between downstream and downhill

is that downstream is following the path of a river or stream while downhill is down a slope.

As a noun downhill is

the fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.

downstream

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lower down, in relation to a river or stream
    • She lives downstream from the dam.
  • (computing) in the direction from the server to the client
  • (lb) towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule

    • Antonyms

    * upstream

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Following the path of a river or stream
    • We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.

    Antonyms

    * upstream

    downhill

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Down a slope
    • Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there

    Antonyms

    * uphill

    Derived terms

    * go downhill

    Adjective

    (further)
  • located down a slope or hill
  • going down a slope or a hill
  • (by extension) easy
  • (by extension) deteriorating, getting worse
    • After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill .

    Usage notes

    * "easy" sense comparative and superlative is usually made with more and most * "deteriorating" sense often used as "went downhill".

    Antonyms

    * uphill

    Noun

    (wikipedia downhill)
  • (uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing
  • (countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing