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Upstairs vs Upside - What's the difference?

upstairs | upside |

As an adjective upstairs

is located higher up a building.

As an adverb upstairs

is up the stairs; on a higher floor or level.

As a noun upside is

the highest or uppermost side or portion of something.

As a preposition upside is

on the top of.

upstairs

English

Adjective

(further)
  • located higher up a building.
    • They can sleep in the upstairs bedroom.
  • (baseball) a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone
    • That fastball was upstairs for a ball.

    Adverb

    (further)
  • Up the stairs; on a higher floor or level.
    • I'll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs .
    I hate the people who live upstairs , and I especially hate their piano.
  • (colloquial) In the brain.
    • After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn't have a lot going on upstairs .
  • (colloquial) In heaven, or any other place where a deity might be found.

    • Antonyms

    * downstairs

    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.