Difference between Aweigh and Up

What is the difference between Aweigh and Up?

Aweigh as an adjective is just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor. while Up as an adjective is awake.

Aweigh

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor.

Up

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Toward the top of.Further along (in any direction).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Away from the center of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.Into pieces.An abstract adverb of motion or change.A function word indicating intensity or emphasis.North.Higher or louder.Higher in pitch.Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.Relatively close to the batsman.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To increase or raise.To promote.To act suddenly, usually with another verb.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Awake.Finished, to an endIn a good mood.Willing; ready.Next in a sequence.Happening; new.Facing upwards; facing toward the top.Standing.On a higher level.Available; made public.Of a person, informed about; abreast of; current.Functional; working.Traveling towards a major terminus.Served chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.

Example sentence: Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

We hope you now know whether to use Aweigh or Up in your sentence.

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