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Upshot vs Breakthrough - What's the difference?

upshot | breakthrough |

As nouns the difference between upshot and breakthrough

is that upshot is a concise summary while breakthrough is an advance through and past enemy lines.

As an adjective breakthrough is

characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

upshot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A concise summary.
    • I'm not interested in hearing all the details. Just give me the upshot .
  • The final result, or outcome of something.
    • The upshot was that they had to get married.

    Synonyms

    * (concise summary) bottom line, digest, the long and short * (final result) bottom line, conclusion, consequence

    Anagrams

    *

    breakthrough

    English

    Alternative forms

    * breakthru

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
    • a breakthrough technological advance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
  • Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
    • .
  • (sports) The penetration of the opposition defence
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Jon Smith , title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.}}

    Derived terms

    * breakthrough pain