Decline
Decline noun - A downward slope.
Usage example: the bicyclist lost control on the unexpectedly steep decline
Hill
Hill noun - An upward slope.
Usage example: I got stuck behind a truck going up a hill in a no-passing zone
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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On Three: In "Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall", this occurs when Hank, Boomhauer, Bill, Dale, and the doctor try to get Peggy (who's lying on a gurney) into the house.
- The lightning strike to the clock tower in Back to the Future arguably represents the beginning of the eventual decline and decay of Hill Valley's town square.
Source: End of an Age -
In Avalon Hill's Rise and Decline of the Third Reich the German counters are black with bone-white markings, evoking the colors of death.
Source: Good Colors, Evil Colors
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