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down vs school

school vs down

down and school both are nouns.

down is an adjective but school is not an adjective.

down and school both are verbs.

down is an adverb but school is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
down Yes Yes Yes Yes
school Yes No Yes No
As verbs, school is a hyponym of down; that is, school is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than down:
  • down: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
  • school: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Other hyponyms of down include over-refine, overrefine, civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, train.
down (noun) school (noun)
(American football) a complete play to advance the football a building where young people receive education
soft fine feathers the process of being formally educated at a school
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) an educational institution
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil a large group of fish
a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
an educational institution's faculty and students
the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
down (adjective) school (adjective)
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
filled with melancholy and despondency
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
becoming progressively lower
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
lower than previously
shut
being put out in a game of baseball
understood perfectly
down (verb) school (verb)
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing swim in or form a large group of fish
bring down or defeat (an opponent) educate in or as if in a school
drink down entirely teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
eat up completely, as with great appetite
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down
down (adverb) school (adverb)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
away from a more central or a more northerly place
paid in cash at time of purchase
in an inactive or inoperative state
to a lower intensity
from an earlier time
Difference between down and school

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