Onward vs Upward - What's the difference?
onward | upward |
Moving forward.
Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
* Sir Philip Sidney
In a forward direction.
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 adjectives the difference between onward and upward
is that onward is moving forward while upward is directed toward a higher place.As adverbs the difference between onward and upward
is that onward is in a forward direction while 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
the upper part; the top.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
*upward
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.