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Upswing vs Downslide - What's the difference?

upswing | downslide | Antonyms |

Upswing is an antonym of downslide.


As nouns the difference between upswing and downslide

is that upswing is an upward swing while downslide is a slide downward; a worsening.

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

    downslide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slide downward; a worsening.
  • * 2003 , Robert Wirsing, Kashmir in the shadow of war
    • Among the most immediate and conspicuous political casualties of the sudden downslide in India-Pakistan relations...
  • *{{quote-news , year=2009 , date=March 15 , author=Bruce Campion-Smith , title=Bank of Canada foresees delay in recovery , work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage="Many of the downslide risks that we identified in our last monetary policy (report) are now materializing.}}
  • *{{quote-news , year=2009 , date=March 22 , author=Michael Winerip , title=He Has Both Sides Covered , work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=By the time Mr. Hanke took over, the paper was on a downslide , known for slanting the news to support Republicans.}}

    Antonyms

    * upswing