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Upward vs Bucking - What's the difference?

upward | bucking |

As nouns the difference between upward and bucking

is that upward is (obsolete) the upper part; the top while bucking is the act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.

As an adverb upward

is in a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.

As an adjective upward

is directed toward a higher place.

As a verb bucking is

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upward

English

Adverb

(head)
  • In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.
  • * (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)
    • Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward , we speak and prevail.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward . The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
  • In the upper parts; above.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.
  • Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
  • * Bible, (w) i. 3.
    • From twenty years old and upward .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The upper part; the top.
    • From the extremest upward of thy head. -Shak.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Directed toward a higher place.
    • with upward''' eye; with '''upward course

    See also

    * upwards * upwards of * up

    Anagrams

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    bucking

    English

    (wikipedia bucking)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
  • The liquid used in this process.
    • (Tomlinson)
  • A washing.
  • The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
  • (of a quadruped ) The act of bucking, or kicking both hind legs upward.