highland vs down

down vs highland

highland and down both are nouns.

highland and down both are adjectives.

highland is not a verb while down is a verb.

highland is not an adverb while down is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
highland	Yes	Yes	No	No
down	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

As nouns, down is a hyponym of highland; that is, down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than highland:

highland: elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
down: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

Other hyponyms of highland include plateau, tableland.

highland (noun)	down (noun)
elevated (e.g., mountainous) land	(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

highland (adjective)	down (adjective)
used of high or hilly country	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

highland (verb)	down (verb)
	improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
	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

highland (adverb)	down (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

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