different between overside vs upside

English

Etymology 1

1880, from the phrase over the side (of a ship), equivalent to over +? side.

Adjective

overside (not comparable)

1. Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship.

   overside cargo

2. On the opposite side.

Adverb

overside (not comparable)

1. Over the side.

   The cargo was dumped overside by the crew.

Etymology 2

From over- +? side.

Noun

overside (plural oversides)

1. The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface.
   • 1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547:

     […] that is, glued to the underside of one card and the overside of the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other, […]

   • 1981, Berit Wells, Opuscula Romana XIII: Volume 13:

     While the overside of the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.

   • 1999, Pynchon notes: Issues 40-41:

     This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on the overside of the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.

2. The reverse or opposite side of something.

   the overside of the record

Antonyms

• underside

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From over- +? side

Noun

overside f or m (definite singular oversida or oversiden, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)

1. upper side, topside

Antonyms

• underside

References

• “overside” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From over- +? side

Noun

overside f (definite singular oversida, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)

1. upper side, topside

Antonyms

• underside

References

• “overside” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?p?s?d', IPA^(key): /??p?sa?d/

Noun

upside (plural upsides)

1. the highest or uppermost side or portion of something
2. a favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect
3. an upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc

Alternative forms

• up-side

Antonyms

• downside

Derived terms

• upside down

Translations

Preposition

upside

1. (informal) On the top of.
   • 2002, Pamela Duncan, Moon Women

     Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.