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Upstage vs Upstare - What's the difference?

upstage | upstare |

As verbs the difference between upstage and upstare

is that upstage is to draw attention away from others, especially on-stage while upstare is to stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.

As a noun upstage

is the part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.

As an adverb upstage

is toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.

As an adjective upstage

is at the rear of a stage.

upstage

English

Noun

(-)
  • The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.

    • Coordinate terms

    * center stage * downstage * stage left * stage right

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
    • The actor turned and walked upstage .
  • away from a motion-picture or television camera.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • At the rear of a stage.
    • The minimalist play used no upstage scenery.

    Verb

    (upstag)
  • To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
    • She only wore that dress to upstage everyone.
  • To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
  • To treat snobbishly.
  • (label) To restage (cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment (compare downstage)

    • See also

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    upstare

    English

    Verb

    (upstar)
  • To stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.
  • *1896 , Edward Dowden, The life of Percy Bysshe Shelley :
    • In the street or road he reluctantly wore a hat, but in fields or gardens his little round head had no other covering than his long, wild, ragged locks." These wild locks upstared more wildly when Shelley, having dipped his head, [...]
  • *1903 , Charles James Longman, Longman's magazine: Volume 42 :
    • Th' Blofielders wor a right upstaren' lot o' chaps, and we had several owd scores ter set off agin them, so all Ranner woted for savage camp and Blofield didn't gainsay us.
  • *1927 , Collected poems of Alexander G. Steven
    • I have no people living ; none, Thank God ! will mourn me there, / Dreaming in misery of one Whose clouded eyes upstare
  • *1999 , Thomas W. Krise, Caribbeana :
    • [...] aghast, upstared my Hair, I speechless stood!