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Upside vs Apside - What's the difference?

upside | apside |

As nouns the difference between upside and apside

is that upside is the highest or uppermost side or portion of something while apside is an apsis.

As a preposition upside

is on the top of.

upside

English

(wikipedia upside)

Noun

(en noun)
  • the highest or uppermost side or portion of something
  • a favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect
  • an upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc

    • Alternative forms

    * up-side

    Antonyms

    * downside

    Derived terms

    * upside down

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (informal) On the top of.
  • * 2002 , Pamela Duncan, Moon Women
    • Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.

    apside

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) An apsis.
  • * 1862 , Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society , volume 22:
    • The phenomena which Sirius presented about 1841, that being according to Peters (confirmed by the results above) the time of the passage of the lower apside , are sufficiently remarkable;