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Upswing vs Ascend - What's the difference?

upswing | ascend |

As a noun upswing

is an upward swing.

As a verb ascend is

to move upward, to fly, to soar.

upswing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an upward swing
  • (by extension) an upward trend or an increase in activity
  • :Newspapers reported an upswing in the company's sales last month.
  • Antonyms

    * downswing

    ascend

    English

    (wikipedia ascend)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move upward, to fly, to soar.
  • He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
  • To slope in an upward direction.
  • The road ascends the mountain.
  • To go up.
  • You ascend the stairs and take a right.
  • To succeed.
  • She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
  • (figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
  • Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

    Antonyms

    * descend

    Anagrams

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