The difference between Bottom and Top

When used as nouns, bottom means the lowest part of anything, whereas top means (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.

When used as verbs, bottom means to fall to the lowest point, whereas top means to cover on the top or with a top.

When used as adjectives, bottom means the lowest or last place or position, whereas top means situated on the top of something.

Top is also adverb with the meaning: rated first.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bottom and Top

  1. Bottom as a noun:

    The lowest part of anything.

    Examples:

    "Footers appear at the bottoms of pages."

  2. Bottom as a noun (uncountable, British, slang):

    Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.

    Examples:

    "lack bottom"

  3. Bottom as a noun (British, US):

    A valley, often used in place names.

    Examples:

    "Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom?"

  4. Bottom as a noun:

    The buttocks or anus.

  5. Bottom as a noun (nautical):

    A cargo vessel, a ship.

  6. Bottom as a noun (nautical):

    Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.

  7. Bottom as a noun (baseball):

    The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.

  8. Bottom as a noun (BDSM):

    A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.

  9. Bottom as a noun (LGBT, slang):

    A man penetrated or with a preference for being penetrated during homosexual intercourse.

  10. Bottom as a noun (physics):

    A bottom quark.

  11. Bottom as a noun (often, figuratively):

    The lowest part of a container.

  12. Bottom as a noun:

    A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

  13. Bottom as a noun:

    The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.

  14. Bottom as a noun:

    An abyss.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  15. Bottom as a noun (obsolete):

    Power of endurance.

    Examples:

    "a horse of a good bottom"

  16. Bottom as a noun (obsolete):

    Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Johnson"

  17. Bottom as a noun (usually: [[bottoms]] or [[bottomland]]):

    Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.

  1. Bottom as a verb:

    To fall to the lowest point.

  2. Bottom as a verb:

    To establish firmly; to found or justify on or upon something; to set on a firm footing; to set or rest on or upon something which provides support or authority.

  3. Bottom as a verb (intransitive):

    To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded.

  4. Bottom as a verb (intransitive):

    To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.

  5. Bottom as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.

  6. Bottom as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish with a bottom.

    Examples:

    "to bottom a chair"

  7. Bottom as a verb (intransitive):

    To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

  8. Bottom as a verb (intransitive):

    To be anally penetrated in gay sex.

    Examples:

    "I've never bottomed in my life."

  1. Bottom as an adjective:

    The lowest or last place or position.

    Examples:

    "Those files should go on the bottom shelf."

  1. Top as a noun (nautical):

    The highest or uppermost part of something. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. A lid, cap or cover of a container. A garment worn to cover the torso. A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.

    Examples:

    "His kite got caught at the top of the tree."

    "We flipped the machine onto its top."

    "Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.  nowrap Headings appear at the tops of pages."

    "Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad."

    "I bought this top as it matches my jeans."

  2. Top as a noun:

    A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.

    Examples:

    "The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin."

  3. Top as a noun:

    Someone who is eminent. The chief person; the most prominent one. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.

    Examples:

    "to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school"

  4. Top as a noun (BDSM):

    A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

  5. Top as a noun (LGBT, slang):

    A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.

    Examples:

    "I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom."

  6. Top as a noun (physics):

    A top quark.

  7. Top as a noun:

    The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

  8. Top as a noun (ropemaking):

    A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

  9. Top as a noun (sound):

    Highest pitch or loudest volume.

    Examples:

    "She sang at the top of her voice."

  10. Top as a noun (wool manufacture):

    A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

  11. Top as a noun (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase ''[[on top of]]''):

    Eve; verge; point.

  12. Top as a noun:

    The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  13. Top as a noun (in the plural, slang, dated):

    Topboots.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Charles Dickens"

  14. Top as a noun (golf):

    A stroke on the top of the ball.

  15. Top as a noun (golf):

    A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.

  16. Top as a noun (in restaurants, preceded by a number):

    (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.

  1. Top as a verb:

    To cover on the top or with a top.

    Examples:

    "I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce."

  2. Top as a verb:

    To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)

    Examples:

    "I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair."

    "Top and tail the carrots."

  3. Top as a verb:

    To excel, to surpass, to beat.

    Examples:

    "Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar."

  4. Top as a verb:

    To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).

    Examples:

    "Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s."

  5. Top as a verb (British, slang):

    To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.

    Examples:

    "Depression causes many people to top themselves."

  6. Top as a verb (BDSM):

    To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

    Examples:

    "I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping."

    "Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom"."

  7. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, intransitive):

    To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.

  8. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, transitive):

    To anally penetrate.

  9. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.

    Examples:

    "lofty ridges and topping mountains"

    "rfquotek Derham"

  10. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To predominate.

    Examples:

    "topping passions"

  11. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To excel; to rise above others.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  12. Top as a verb (nautical):

    To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.

  13. Top as a verb (dyeing):

    To cover with another dye.

    Examples:

    "to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening"

  14. Top as a verb:

    To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

  15. Top as a verb (slang, dated):

    To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.

  16. Top as a verb (of a horse):

    To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.

  17. Top as a verb:

    To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.

  18. Top as a verb:

    To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

  19. Top as a verb (golf):

    To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.

  1. Top as an adjective:

    Situated on the top of something.

  2. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Best; of the highest quality or rank.

    Examples:

    "She's in the top dance school."

  3. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.

    Examples:

    "He's a top lawyer."

    "That is a top car."

  1. Top as an adverb:

    Rated first.

    Examples:

    "She came top in her French exam."

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