above vs below
Definitions
adverb
- (in writing) at an earlier place
- in or to a place that is higher
adjective
- appearing earlier in the same text
noun
- an earlier section of a written text
Examples
These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys.
Above: South Shore terminus with four Dreadnoughts in line abreast, demonstrating their legendary capacity to absorb crowds.
In most island arcs only a relatively small proportion of the individual volcanoes actually rise above sea level.
Definitions
adverb
- further down
- (in writing) at a later place
- in or to a place that is lower
- on a floor below
Examples
The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface.
Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others continued working.
In the receding angle below the chin is the hyoid bone, and the finger can be carried along the bone to the tip of the greater cornu, which is on a level with the angle of the mandible: the greater cornu is most readily appreciated by making pressure on one side, when the cornu of the opposite side will be rendered prominent and can be felt distinctly beneath the skin.
