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Upset vs Frenzy - What's the difference?

upset | frenzy |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between upset and frenzy

is that upset is (obsolete) to set up; to put upright while frenzy is (obsolete) mad; frantic.

As adjectives the difference between upset and frenzy

is that upset is (of a person) angry, distressed or unhappy while frenzy is (obsolete) mad; frantic.

As nouns the difference between upset and frenzy

is that upset is (uncountable) disturbance or disruption while frenzy is a state of wild activity or panic.

As verbs the difference between upset and frenzy

is that upset is to make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy while frenzy is (uncommon) to render frantic.

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

    frenzy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * phrenzy, phrensy (obsolete)

    Noun

    (frenzies)
  • A state of wild activity or panic.
    • She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
  • A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.
  • * Addison
    • All else is towering frenzy and distraction.
  • * William Shakespeare, ''A midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, scene 1:
    • The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.

    Derived terms

    * feeding frenzy

    Related terms

    * frantic * frenetic * frenzied

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Mad; frantic.
  • * 1678 John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress :
    • They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.

    Verb

  • (uncommon) To render frantic.

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