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Downward vs Downside - What's the difference?

downward | downside |

As an adverb downward

is toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.

As an adjective downward

is moving or sloping down.

As a noun downside is

a disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.

downward

English

Adverb

(en-adv) (or downwards )
  • Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
    • His position in society moved ever downward .
  • * Drayton
    • Their heads they downward bent.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A ring the county wears, / That downward hath descended in his house, / From son to son, some four or five descents.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • moving or sloping down
    • He spoke with a downward glance.

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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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