Top and bottom are some of the simplest terms used in the English vocabulary. Top and bottom are those words that can mean more than one thing at a time. BTheyare the most general terms that a child learns in the initial years of his/her life.
In sexual intercourse between two people of the same gender, the top is used to refer to the one who is more dominant and aggressive in the act. The other examples of using the top include the top of a staircase, the top of the building or a table, etc. The top can also be used for rank, power, or success.
What is Bottom?
The bottom is a word that is an antonym of the top. Every opposite meaning of top is for the bottom. Both of them are just opposite words. When we talk about general definition, the bottom means the lowest part or position of something.
The bottom is also used as a noun, adjective, and verb in a sentence. For instance, the bottom of a staircase or a building can be taken as a reference to learn about the word bottom. Bottom refers to the most downgrade or the lowest position of an organization like the lowest-paid firm of an organization is declared as bottom or downgraded firm. When we talk about rank, the bottom means the lowest rank in any aspect. Just like the top, the bottom is also used to refer to the lowest body part clothing.
When we say bottom, it means jeans, undergarments, trousers, etc that are wearable. In American slang terms, the bottom is used for someone in sexual intercourse who is the most submissive in that intercourse. Top and bottom are used as slang when the same genders interact. The bottom is also used about rank, power, or success. For instance, the bottom of a building means the ground floor of the building.
Main Differences Between Top and Bottom
- The top is used to refer to the overside of something whereas the bottom is used to refer to the underside of something.
- The top word is used to make the word ‘topper’ who is someone who ranks the highest in a class of students whereas the bottom has no relation with the lowest-ranked.
- The top is used to justify the superior quality of the materials or ingredients used to build something whereas the bottom is used to refer to the inferior quality of materials or ingredients to build something.
- The word top is also used to indicate the part of a warship in relation to army personnel whereas the bottom has no relation to it.
- The top is used to signify the highest place of precedence whereas the bottom signifies the lowest precedence or order place of something.
Conclusion
Whenever we use the words top and bottom, we always never bother ourselves about how vast the concept of these words lie. Moreover to the above explanation, top and bottom are also used to point to the first inning or the last half innings of a baseball match. They have their importance in sexual relations. Top and bottom are the most common words which we use in our day-to-day English but only a few know all the aspects and forms of using both these words. The above matter has a wide explanation of the differences between the two words.
References
- https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_3hZKXdSEcQC&oi=fnd&dq=Difference+Between+Top+and+Bottom+(With+Table)&ots=ao2mm8Xffz&sig=nTyp7n0_5NeTJVLZ5qokwRxsX_A
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jaime-Araya/publication/260422971_Key_performance_variables_between_the_top_10_and_bottom_10_teams_in_the_English_Premier_League_201213_season/links/00b49531161bf1bead000000/Key-performance-variables-between-the-top-10-and-bottom-10-teams-in-the-English-Premier-League-2012-13-season.pdf