Upward
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The upper part; the top.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. In the upper parts; above. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over. Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
Example sentence: You have to think of your career the way you look at the ocean, deciding which wave you're gonna take and which waves you're not gonna take. Some of the waves are going to be big, some are gonna be small, sometimes the sea is going to be calm. Your career is not going to be one steady march upward to glory.
Upwards
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: Towards a higher place; towards what is above.To a higher figure or amount.Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.Backwards in time, into the past.To or into later life.
Example sentence: Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.