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Upbeat vs Uplifting - What's the difference?

upbeat | uplifting |

As adjectives the difference between upbeat and uplifting

is that upbeat is having a fast pace, tempo, or beat while uplifting is improving the mood; causing cheerfulness.

As nouns the difference between upbeat and uplifting

is that upbeat is an unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase while uplifting is the act of something being lifted upward.

upbeat

English

Alternative forms

* up-beat

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
    • The notes are easy, but it's an upbeat tune and should be played fairly quickly.
  • Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.
    • Though he had bad news, he ended with an upbeat forecast for the future.
    He sounded upbeat when I talked to him.

    Antonyms

    * downbeat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.

    • Anagrams

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    uplifting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Improving the mood; causing cheerfulness.
    • Listening to whalesong can be very uplifting .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something being lifted upward.
  • * (Herman Melville)
    • prodigious long upliftings of their legs
  • * 1847 , The American Journal of Science and Arts (page 91)
    • The borders of large subsiding areas sooner or later experiencing deep fissurings and extensive upliftings through the tension or horizontal force of the subsiding crust