Uphold vs Waft - What's the difference?

Uphold is a related term of waft.

As verbs the difference between uphold and waft

is that uphold is to hold up; to lift on high; to elevate while waft is (ergative) to (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.

As a noun waft is

a light breeze.

uphold

English

Verb

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.

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To support by approval or encouragement.

* 1748 . . Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 18:

but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.

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waft

English

Verb

(en verb)

(ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.

* A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.

* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13

Through the open window of the church the fragrant incense was wafted and with it the fragrant names of her who was conceived without stain of original sin…

* 1914 , Hugh G. Evelyn-White’s translation of Hymn to Aphrodite from the .[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138%3Ahymn%3D6]

There the moist breath of the western wind wafted her over the waves of the loud-moaning sea in soft foam, and there the gold-filleted Hours welcomed her joyously.

To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.

* Dryden

And now the shouts waft near the citadel.

To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

* Shakespeare

But soft: who wafts us yonder?

Noun

(en noun)

A light breeze.

Something (a scent or odor), such as a perfume, that is carried through the air.

* 1908 ,

Meanwhile, the wafts from his old home pleaded, whispered, conjured, and finally claimed him imperiously.

* 2010 September, "The SLM'' Calendar", , ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 170:

Patrol Magazine says of this Oxford, Miss., band: "Guitars are responsible for every noise in Colour Revolt's mix—not a single note of piano, waft of synthesizer, or evidence of electronic tampering are to be found."

(nautical) A flag, (also called a waif or wheft), used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal.