downward vs dropping

downward

• Located at a lower level. 

• Moving, sloping or oriented downward. 

• At a lower level. 

• Southward. 

• Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value. 

dropping

• The act of something that drops or falls. 

• Something dropped; a droplet. 

• A piece of animal excrement; dung.