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Upheld vs Withheld - What's the difference?

upheld | withheld |

As verbs the difference between upheld and withheld

is that upheld is (uphold) while withheld is (withhold).

As an adjective withheld is

that one has withheld; kept from the possession or knowledge of another.

upheld

English

Verb

(head)
  • (uphold)

    • Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    withheld

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (withhold)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • That one has withheld; kept from the possession or knowledge of another.
    • His withheld hand stared down at my weakly outstretched one.
    The names originally withheld from the report, have been leaked.
    The former employee returned to demand his withheld check.

    Synonyms

    * (kept from knowledge ): confidential, secret