upgrade vs uphill

uphill vs upgrade

upgrade and uphill both are nouns.

upgrade is not an adjective while uphill is an adjective.

upgrade is a verb but uphill is not a verb.

upgrade is not an adverb while uphill is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
upgrade	Yes	No	Yes	No
uphill	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

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

upgrade: an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
uphill: the upward slope of a hill

upgrade (noun)	uphill (noun)
the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)	the upward slope of a hill
hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
a reservation that is improved
software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

upgrade (adjective)	uphill (adjective)
	sloping upward

upgrade (verb)	uphill (verb)
to improve what was old or outdated
give better travel conditions to
get better travel conditions
rate higher; raise in value or esteem
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

upgrade (adverb)	uphill (adverb)
	upward on a hill or incline
	against difficulties

Difference between upgrade and uphill

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