Difference between Above and Across

ABOVE vs ACROSS: NOUN

An earlier part of a given text.
The person or persons already referred to in a text.
Higher authority.
Something, especially a person name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.

More than.
Over or higher than.
Superior to in rank, position, or number; greater than.
Beyond the level or reach of.
In preference to.
Too honorable or proud to undertake.
North of.
Beyond; on the other side.
Upstage.
Too proud to stoop; averse to; disinclined; too honorable to give.
Besides; in addition to.
Before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
Upstream of.

Spanning.
At or near the far end of (a space).
From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
On the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
To go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.
Throughout,
To come upon or meet incidentally.
So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over.
Into contact with.
From one side of to the other.
So as to cross; through.
On, at, or from the other side of.

On the upper side (opposed to beneath); toward the top (opposed to below): as, leaves green above, glaucous beneath; stems smooth above, hairy below.
An earlier section of a written text
In or to a higher place; overhead; often, in a special sense: In or to the celestial regions; in heaven.
Higher in rank or power: as, the courts above.
Before in rank or order, especially in a book or writing: as, from what has been said above.
(in writing) at an earlier place
Besides: in the expression over and above.
Above is often used elliptically as a noun, meaning: Heaven: as, “Every good gift … is from above,” Jas. i. 17. Preceding statement, remarks, or the like: as, from the above you will learn my object. It has the force of an adjective in such phrases as the above particulars, in which cited or mentioned is understood.
In or to a higher place than.
Superior to in any respect: often in the sense of too high for, as too high in dignity or fancied importance; too elevated in character: as, this man is above his business, above mean actions.
More in quantity or number than: as, the weight is above a ton.
More in degree than; in a greater degree than; beyond; in excess of.
Synonyms Over, Above. See over.
(idiom) (above all) Over and above all other factors or considerations.

From side to side; in a crossing or crossed manner; crosswise.
From one side to another; transversely; in a transverse line: as, what is the distance across? I came across in a steamer.
Adversely; contrarily: as, “things go across,” Mir. for Mags., p. 344
From side to side of, as opposed to along, which is in the direction of the length; athwart; quite over: as, a bridge is laid across a river.
Transverse to the length of; so as to intersect at any angle: as, a line passing across another.
Beyond; on the other side of.

Upward, High, Upper, Exceeding, Higher, Exceeds, Upwards, Hovering, Beyond, Below, To a higher place, In a higher place, Higher up, Supra, Preceding

Cross, Outside, Everywhere, Wide, Along, Through, Around, Throughout, Intersectant, Decussate, Crosswise, Crossways, Crossed, Intersecting, Over

Exceed, Highest, Exceeded, Upward, High, Upper, Exceeding, Higher, Exceeds, Upwards, Hovering, Beyond, Below, Supra, Preceding

Cross, Outside, Everywhere, Wide, Along, Through, Around, Throughout, Intersectant, Decussate, Crosswise, Crossways, Crossed, Intersecting, Over

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