What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Upset vs Fettle - What's the difference?

upset | fettle |

As nouns the difference between upset and fettle

is that upset is (uncountable) disturbance or disruption while fettle is a state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.

As verbs the difference between upset and fettle

is that upset is to make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy while fettle is (northern england) to sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.

As a adjective upset

is (of a person) angry, distressed or unhappy.

upset

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Angry, distressed or unhappy.
    • He was upset when she refused his friendship.
    My children often get upset with their classmates.
  • Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
    • His stomach was upset , so he didn't want to move.

    Synonyms

    * See'' angry, distressed ''and unhappy ** in a tizzy

    Derived terms

    * upset price

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
    • My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset .
  • (countable, sports) An unexpected victory of a competitor that was not favored.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 8 , author=Paul Fletcher , title=Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But it is probably the biggest upset for the away side since Ronnie Radford smashed a famous goal as Hereford defeated Newcastle 2-1 in 1972.}}
  • (automobile insurance) An overturn.
    • "collision and upset ": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
  • An stomach.
  • * 1958 May 12, advertisement, Life , volume 44, number 19, page 110 [http://books.google.com/books?id=vFMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110&dq=pepto]:
    • "Bob, let's cancel the babysitter. With this upset stomach, I can't go out tonight.
    "Try Pepto-Bismol. Hospital tests prove it relieves upsets . And it's great for indigestion or nausea, too!"
  • (mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,?) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x?y, then y is in U.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense) disruption, disturbance * (unexpected victory of a competitor)

    Verb

  • To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
    • I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
  • To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
    • Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
    The fatty meat upset his stomach.
  • To tip or overturn (something).
  • * 1924 , W. D. Ross translator, , Book 1, Part 9, The Classical Library, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 2001.
    • But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset ; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.
  • To defeat unexpectedly.
    • ''Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
  • To be upset or knocked over.
    • The carriage upset when the horse bolted.
  • (obsolete) To set up; to put upright.
  • * R. of Brunne
    • with sail on mast upset
  • To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
  • To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

    • Synonyms

    * (make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy''): ''See'' anger, distress ''and sadden * disrupt, disturb, turn upside down * (sense) invert, overturn, tip, tip over, tip up, turn over, turn upside down

    Derived terms

    * upset the applecart * upset the natives

    Anagrams

    * * English heteronyms English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms English irregular verbs

    fettle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
  • One's mental state; spirits.
  • Sand used to line a furnace.
  • (Geordie, Cumbria) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
    • What's yer fettle marra?
  • (ceramics) a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
  • (UK, dialect) The act of fettling.
    • (Wright)

    Usage notes

    Outside of dialects, this term is a , found only in the phrase (m).

    Derived terms

    * in fine fettle

    Verb

  • (Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
    • (Carlyle)
  • To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
  • (Geordie) To be upset or in a bad mood.
    • Divint fettle yersel ower that!
  • In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
  • (archaic) To prepare.
  • * 1595 , William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    • But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next...

    Derived terms

    * fettler * fettling

    See also

    * fash

    References

    * * * * * *