North vs Upward - What's the difference?
north | upward |
One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.
The up or positive direction.
Above or higher
(physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
Toward the north; northward.
* 1987 , Ana María Brull Vázquez, Rosa E. Casas, Cuba , page 23:
(meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
* 2001 , Joseph R Miller, Pipe Tobacco and Wool :
(colloquial) More or greater than.
Toward the north; northward.
(obsolete) To turn or move toward the north.
* 1769 , Henry Wilson, William Hume, Surveying improved (page 239)
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.
* (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)
*, chapter=23
, title= In the upper parts; above.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
* Bible, (w) i. 3.
(obsolete) The upper part; the top.
As a proper noun north
is (us) the union during the american civil war.As an adverb upward is
in a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.As a noun upward is
(obsolete) the upper part; the top.As an adjective upward is
directed toward a higher place.north
English
(wikipedia north)Noun
(-)- Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
- Stock prices are heading north .
- The price you're offering had better be north of the highest price this company has ever traded for.'' - Tom Aldredge in the movie ''
Derived terms
* grid north * magnetic north * north by east * north by west * northbound * northeast * northerly * northern * northerner * northing * north-northeast * north-northwest * north of the border * northward * northwardly * northwards * northwest * true northAntonyms
* (l)Coordinate terms
* (compass point) (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(-)- He lived in north Germany .
- She entered through the north gate.
- The most dangerous ones are those that develop during October and November and that follow a north path affecting the western part of the island.
- The north wind was cold.
- north highway 1
- Traffic was doing the speed limit on North I-45 one minute and had come to a stand-still the next.
- The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.
Synonyms
* (of the north) (l)Antonyms
* (l)Adverb
(-)- Switzerland is north of Italy.
- We headed north .
Antonyms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- When at B you had northed 3.71
Anagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsupward
English
Adverb
(head)- Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward , we speak and prevail.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward . The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
- Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.
- From twenty years old and upward .
Noun
(-)- From the extremest upward of thy head. -Shak.
