Uphill vs Height - What's the difference?
uphill | height |
located up a slope or on a hill
going up a slope or a hill
(by extension) difficult or laborious
The distance from the base of something to the top.
* Robert Frost
* , chapter=5
, title= 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 (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
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
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Antonyms
* downhillAdjective
(further)Usage notes
* Sense 3 comparative and superlative is usually made with more and mostAntonyms
* downhillAntonyms
* downhill English words with consonant pseudo-digraphsheight
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Alternative forms
* highth * heighthNoun
- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
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.}}
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.}}