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Sideway vs Horizontal - What's the difference?

sideway | horizontal |

As nouns the difference between sideway and horizontal

is that sideway is a footpath near a road while horizontal is a horizontal component of a structure.

As adjectives the difference between sideway and horizontal

is that sideway is sidelong while horizontal is perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

As an adverb sideway

is sideways.

sideway

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A footpath near a road.
  • A byway.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sidelong

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • sideways

    • Anagrams

    *

    horizontal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
  • (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets.
  • (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
  • * 1667': As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the '''Horizontal misty Air — John Milton, ''Paradise Lost , Book 1, ll. 594-5

    • Antonyms

    * vertical

    Derived terms

    * horizontally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horizontal component of a structure.
  • (geology) horizon