Vertical vs Upward - What's the difference?
vertical | upward |
A vertex or zenith.
A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
A vertical component of a structure.
(marketing) A vertical market.
Along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the Earth.
In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis.
(marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
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)
*, chapter=23
, title= In the upper parts; above.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
* Bible, (w) i. 3.
(obsolete) The upper part; the top.
As nouns the difference between vertical and upward
is that vertical is a vertex or zenith while upward is (obsolete) the upper part; the top.As adjectives the difference between vertical and upward
is that vertical is along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the earth while upward is directed toward a higher place.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.vertical
English
Noun
(en noun)- We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals .
Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* horizontalDerived terms
* vertical lips * vertically * vertical smileupward
English
Adverb
(head)- Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward , we speak and prevail.
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.}}
- Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.
- From twenty years old and upward .
Noun
(-)- From the extremest upward of thy head. -Shak.
