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Downtown vs Hello - What's the difference?

downtown | hello |

As nouns the difference between downtown and hello

is that downtown is (chiefly|us) either the lower, or the business center of a city or town while hello is "!" or an equivalent greeting.

As an adjective downtown

is of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area.

As an adverb downtown

is in, or towards the downtown area; southward.

As an interjection hello is

.

As a verb hello is

to greet with "hello".

downtown

English

(wikipedia downtown)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area
    • John walked everyday to his downtown job.

    See also

    * uptown * oldtown

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in, or towards the downtown area; southward
    • You need to go downtown four blocks.
  • (basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
    • That shot came from way downtown!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) either the lower, or the business center of a city or town

    • Synonyms

    * (business center of a city)

    Synonyms

    * CBD, central business district, city (Australia ) ----

    hello

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hallo * hilloa (obsolete) * hullo (UK)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!'” at the top of my lungs.
  • (colloquial)

    • Usage notes

    * The greeting hello is among the most generic and neutral in use. It may be heard in nearly all social situations and in nearly all walks of life, and is unlikely to cause offense.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "hello")

    Synonyms

    * (greeting) ** g'day, hey, hi, ** hallo, hi, hiya, ey up ** hallo, hey, hi, howdy ** how's it going, hey, hi ** howzit ** (slang) wassup, what's up, yo, sup * See also

    Antonyms

    * (greeting) bye, goodbye

    Derived terms

    *

    See also

    * * (wikipedia "hello")

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • "!" or an equivalent greeting.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 29, author=Stephanie Rosenbloom, title=A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In many new buildings, though, neighbors are venturing beyond tight-lipped hellos at the mailbox.}}

    Synonyms

    * greeting

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To greet with "hello".
  • * 2013 , Ivan Doig, English Creek (page 139)
    • I had to traipse around somewhat, helloing' people and being ' helloed , before I spotted my mother and my father, sharing shade and a spread blanket with Pete and Marie Reese and Toussaint Rennie near the back of the park.
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