Thanks vs Upset - What's the difference?
thanks | upset |
Used to express appreciation or gratitude.
* ~1595 , Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 5, scene 1
(obsolete) English plurals
(plurale tantum) An expression of gratitude.
Grateful feelings or thoughts.
(of a person) Angry, distressed or unhappy.
Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
(uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
(countable, sports) An unexpected victory of a competitor that was not favored.
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(automobile insurance) An overturn.
An stomach.
* 1958 May 12, advertisement, Life , volume 44, number 19, page 110 [http://books.google.com/books?id=vFMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110&dq=pepto]:
(mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,?) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x?y, then y is in U.
To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
To tip or overturn (something).
* 1924 , W. D. Ross translator, , Book 1, Part 9,
To defeat unexpectedly.
To be upset or knocked over.
(obsolete) To set up; to put upright.
* R. of Brunne
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between thanks and upset
is that thanks is (obsolete) while upset is (obsolete) to set up; to put upright.As nouns the difference between thanks and upset
is that thanks is (obsolete) while upset is (uncountable) disturbance or disruption.As verbs the difference between thanks and upset
is that thanks is (thank) while upset is to make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.As an interjection thanks
is used to express appreciation or gratitude.As an adjective upset is
(of a person) angry, distressed or unhappy.thanks
English
Alternative forms
* thanx,Interjection
(en interjection)- Could you give me a hand, please?'' — Yes, sure. — ''Thanks .
- Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!
Derived terms
* thanks a lot * thanks for nothing * thanks for your helpNoun
- After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is all the thanks I get?
Derived terms
* thanks toupset
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was upset when she refused his friendship.
- My children often get upset with their classmates.
- His stomach was upset , so he didn't want to move.
Synonyms
* See'' angry, distressed ''and unhappy ** in a tizzyDerived terms
* upset priceNoun
- My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset .
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- "collision and upset ": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
- "Bob, let's cancel the babysitter. With this upset stomach, I can't go out tonight.
- "Try Pepto-Bismol. Hospital tests prove it relieves upsets . And it's great for indigestion or nausea, too!"
Synonyms
* (sense) disruption, disturbance * (unexpected victory of a competitor)Verb
- I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
- Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
- The fatty meat upset his stomach.
The Classical Library, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 2001.
- But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset ; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.
- ''Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
- The carriage upset when the horse bolted.
- with sail on mast upset
