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Unsitting vs Upsitting - What's the difference?

unsitting | upsitting |

In obsolete terms the difference between unsitting and upsitting

is that unsitting is not sitting well; unbecoming while upsitting is a sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends.

As an adjective unsitting

is not sitting well; unbecoming.

As a noun upsitting is

a sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends.

unsitting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Not sitting well; unbecoming.
    • Unsitting words. — Sir Thomas More.
    (Webster 1913)

    upsitting

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends.
    • (Webster 1913)