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Uppermost vs Ontop - What's the difference?

uppermost | ontop |

As an adjective uppermost

is at, or nearest the top of something.

As an adverb uppermost

is in the highest position.

As a preposition ontop is

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uppermost

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • At, or nearest the top of something.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the highest position.

    • ontop

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • atop.
  • * 1980 , O. A. Bushnell, Ka'A'Awa: A Novel About Hawaii in the 1850s , page 85
    • "[...] he wen' t'row da buggah right ovah da cleef too, ontop all da res'."
  • * 2005 , Red Jordan Arobateau, Fisherpeople. page 97
    • Senor Poochie at his feet, reclining like a Queen; and Nino eyeing them from ontop the table, her paws resting on an empty plate.
  • * 2006 , Dan Bomkamp, Thanks Thunderfoot , page 152
    • We pulled over to the shore, dragged the boat up ontop the sandbar, stretched our legs and ate some sandwiches.