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Upends vs Pends - What's the difference?

upends | pends |

As verbs the difference between upends and pends

is that upends is (upend) while pends is (pend) (to delay or wait on action).

upends

English

Verb

(head)
  • (upend)

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    upend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To end up; to set on (l).
  • To (l) or (l).
    • When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
  • To (l), (l), (l), or (l).
    • ''The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
  • * '>citation

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    * (l)

    pends

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pend) (To delay or wait on action)

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    pend

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To hang down.
  • (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
  • To hang; to depend.
  • * I. Taylor
    • pending upon certain powerful motions

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To pen; to confine.
  • * Udall
    • Pended within the limits of Greece.

    Etymology 3

    Back-formation from (pending).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.

    • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (-)
  • (India) oil cake
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