Oblige vs Uphold - What's the difference?
oblige | uphold |
To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
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To be indebted to someone.
To do a service or favour.
English control verbs
English intransitive verbs
English transitive verbs
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To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
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To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
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To support by approval or encouragement.
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As verbs the difference between oblige and uphold
is that oblige is to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means while uphold is to hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.oblige
English
Verb
(oblig)- I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
- He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
- I am obliged to you for your recent help.
- The singer obliged with another song.
Derived terms
* disobligeUsage notes
"Obliged" has largely replaced "obligate"; the latter being more common in the the 17th through 19th centuries.The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)Anagrams
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Verb
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- but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.