Onward vs Onto - What's the difference?
onward | onto |
Moving forward.
Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
* Sir Philip Sidney
In a forward direction.
Upon; on top of.
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, title= (informal) Aware of.
(mathematics) Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).
(mathematics, of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.
As adjectives the difference between onward and onto
is that onward is moving forward while onto is oily, greasy.As an adverb onward
is in a forward direction.As a noun onto is
grease.onward
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- There was an onward rush as the gates opened
- Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labour.
Adverb
(-)- Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war...
Synonyms
* onwardsAnagrams
*onto
English
Alternative forms
* on toPreposition
(English prepositions)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}
Adjective
(-)- Considered as a function on the real numbers, the exponential function is not onto .