Upend vs Pend - What's the difference?
upend | pend |
To end up; to set on (l).
To (l) or (l).
To (l), (l), (l), or (l).
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(obsolete) To hang down.
(obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
To hang; to depend.
* I. Taylor
(Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
*1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 817:
*:The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.
(India) oil cake
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In lang=en terms the difference between upend and pend
is that upend is to end up; to set on (l) while pend is to consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).As verbs the difference between upend and pend
is that upend is to end up; to set on (l) while pend is (obsolete) to hang down or pend can be (obsolete|transitive) to pen; to confine or pend can be to consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).As a noun pend is
(scotland) an archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard or pend can be (india) oil cake.upend
English
Verb
(en verb)- When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
- ''The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
Anagrams
* (l)pend
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- pending upon certain powerful motions