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Upfield vs Downfield - What's the difference?

upfield | downfield | Antonyms |

Downfield is a antonym of upfield.



In sports terms the difference between upfield and downfield

is that upfield is away from the defending team's end of the playing field while downfield is toward the defending team's end of the playing field.

In chemistry terms the difference between upfield and downfield

is that upfield is describing an NMR resonance at a lower frequency to that of a reference signal while downfield is describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal.

As an adverb upfield

is away from the defending team's end of the playing field.

upfield

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (sports) Away from the defending team's end of the playing field
  • (chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a lower frequency to that of a reference signal

    • Antonyms

    * (sense) downfield

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (sports) Away from the defending team's end of the playing field
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The All Blacks drove upfield , using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way.}}

    downfield

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field
  • (chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal

    • Antonyms

    * (sense) upfield