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Upscale vs Mainstream - What's the difference?

upscale | mainstream |

As adjectives the difference between upscale and mainstream

is that upscale is marked by wealth or quality; high-class while mainstream is used or accepted broadly rather than by a tiny fraction of a population or market.

As verbs the difference between upscale and mainstream

is that upscale is to increase in size, to scale up while mainstream is to educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.

As a noun mainstream is

that which is common; the norm.

upscale

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (US) Marked by wealth or quality; high-class.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • In Rio de Janeiro, thousands protested in a gritty area far from the city’s upscale seaside districts. In other cities, demonstrators blocked roads, barged into City Council meetings or interrupted sessions of local lawmakers, clapping loudly and sometimes taking over the microphone.
  • *2002 "This strategy [of rotating the garage with respect to the street] has become popular in many upscale housing developments nationwide primarily becaues it de-emphasizes the garage and makes the house look more like their traditional counterparts from the turn of the last century." — Sarah Susanka, Not So Big Solutions for Your Home

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To increase in size, to scale up.

    • Anagrams

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    mainstream

    English

    (wikipedia mainstream)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Used or accepted broadly rather than by a tiny fraction of a population or market.
    • They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media.

    Synonyms

    * (used or accepted broadly) common, usual, widespread, conventional

    Coordinate terms

    * fringe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is common; the norm.
    • His ideas were well outside the mainstream , but he presented them intelligently, and we were impressed if not convinced.

    Derived terms

    *mainstreamism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
    • Mainstreaming''' has become more common in recent years, as studies have shown that many '''mainstreamed''' students with mild learning disabilities learn better than their non-'''mainstreamed counterparts.
  • To popularize, to normalize, to render .