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Uphill vs Height - What's the difference?

uphill | height |

As nouns the difference between uphill and height

is that uphill is an uphill route while height is the distance from the base of something to the top.

As an adverb uphill

is up a slope, towards higher ground.

As an adjective uphill

is located up a slope or on a hill.

uphill

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • up a slope, towards higher ground
  • (by extension) with difficulty
  • Antonyms

    * downhill

    Adjective

    (further)
  • located up a slope or on a hill
  • going up a slope or a hill
  • (by extension) difficult or laborious
  • Usage notes

    * Sense 3 comparative and superlative is usually made with more and most

    Antonyms

    * downhill

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An uphill route.
  • height

    English

    Alternative forms

    * highth * heighth

    Noun

  • The distance from the base of something to the top.
  • * Robert Frost
  • Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
  • The highest point or maximum degree.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn
  • , work=BBC Sport citation , passage=If City never quite reached the heights of their 6-1 demolition of United, then Roberto Mancini's side should still have had this game safe long before Johnson restored their two-goal advantage.}}
  • (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * depth