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Downwind vs Downwinder - What's the difference?

downwind | downwinder |

As an adverb downwind

is in the same direction as the wind is blowing.

As a noun downwinder is

a person (or community) that lives downwind from a potential hazard (such as a nuclear power station).

downwind

English

(wikipedia downwind)

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • in the same direction as the wind is blowing
  • * 1888: Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills
    • ... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper.
  • (+ from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind
    • I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm.

    Antonyms

    * upwind

    Anagrams

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    downwinder

    English

    Noun

    (downwinders) (en noun)
  • A person (or community) that lives downwind from a potential hazard (such as a nuclear power station)