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down vs up

up vs down

down is a noun but up is not a noun.

down and up both are adjectives.

down and up both are verbs.

down and up both are adverbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
down Yes Yes Yes Yes
up No Yes Yes Yes
down (noun) up (noun)
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
soft fine feathers
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
down (adjective) up (adjective)
being or moving lower in position or less in some value being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
filled with melancholy and despondency extending or moving toward a higher place
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place out of bed
becoming progressively lower used up
not functioning (temporarily or permanently) (used of computers) operating properly
lower than previously (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
shut open
being put out in a game of baseball getting higher or more vigorous
understood perfectly
down (verb) up (verb)
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing raise
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
drink down entirely
eat up completely, as with great appetite
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down
down (adverb) up (adverb)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
away from a more central or a more northerly place to a later time
paid in cash at time of purchase to a more central or a more northerly place
in an inactive or inoperative state nearer to the speaker
to a lower intensity to a higher intensity
from an earlier time
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