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Upright vs Faithful - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between upright and faithful

is that upright is vertical; erect while faithful is loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

As nouns the difference between upright and faithful

is that upright is any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports while faithful is the practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.

As an adverb upright

is in or into an upright position.

upright

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Vertical; erect.
    • I was standing upright , waiting for my orders.
  • * 1608 , William Shakespeare, The merry Deuill of Edmonton , introduction, lines 1–4
    • Fab''[''ell'']'': ?What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ?trikes my hart! // My ?tiffned haire ?tands vpright on my head, // As doe the bri?tles of a porcupine.
  • * 1782 , Fanny Burney, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress , volume V, Book X, chapter X: “A Termination”, page 372
    • Supported by pillows, ?he ?at almo?t upright .
  • *
  • Greater in height than breadth.
  • (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

    • Synonyms

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    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in or into an upright position

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 5 , author=Mark Ashenden , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Chelsea improved, with Salomon Kalou denied by goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and Didier Drogba hitting the upright .}}
  • A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  • (informal) An upright piano.

    • Holonyms

    * (word clued by successive letters) double acrostic, triple acrostic

    Related terms

    * upright piano

    faithful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
    • My dog is a very faithful dog.
  • having faith
    • Some people are faithful to their god.
  • reliable; worthy of trust
    • My servant is very faithful .
  • consistent with reality
    • I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
  • engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner
    • They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.

    Derived terms

    * faithfully * faithfulness

    See also

    * go to the wall for someone * stand by * true

    Noun

    (-)
  • The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
    • The faithful pray five times a day.