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Downturn vs Downside - What's the difference?

downturn | downside |

As nouns the difference between downturn and downside

is that downturn is a downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline while downside is a disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.

downturn

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.
    • The downturn in the economy made it harder to find jobs.

    Antonyms

    * upturn

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    downside

    English

    (wikipedia downside)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
    • The downside of obtaining a higher rank is that far more work is expected.
  • A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc

    • Antonyms

    * upside

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