Loft vs Upstairs - What's the difference?
loft | upstairs |
(obsolete, except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
(textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
(obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.
* Bible, Acts xx. 9
To propel high into the air.
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(bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
located higher up a building.
(baseball) a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone
Up the stairs; on a higher floor or level.
(colloquial) In the brain.
(colloquial) In heaven, or any other place where a deity might be found.
As adjectives the difference between loft and upstairs
is that loft is lofty; proud; haughty while upstairs is located higher up a building.As a noun loft
is air, the air; the sky, the heavens.As a verb loft
is to propel high into the air.As an adverb upstairs is
up the stairs; on a higher floor or level.loft
English
Noun
(en noun)- an organ loft
- Eutychus fell down from the third loft .
Verb
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upstairs
English
Adjective
(further)- They can sleep in the upstairs bedroom.
- That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
Adverb
(further)- I'll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs .
- I hate the people who live upstairs , and I especially hate their piano.
- After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn't have a lot going on upstairs .