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Vertical vs. Upright — What's the Difference?

Vertical vs. Upright — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Vertical and Upright

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Vertical

Being or situated at right angles to the horizon; upright.

Upright

Being in a vertical position or direction
An upright post.

Vertical

Situated at the vertex or highest point; directly overhead.

Upright

Erect in posture or carriage
"She sat with grim determination, upright as a darning needle stuck in a board" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

Vertical

(Anatomy) Of or relating to the vertex of the head.
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Upright

Adhering strictly to moral principles; righteous.

Vertical

Relating to or involving all stages from production to sale
Vertical integration.

Upright

Designed with the pedals below the seat to allow an erect posture rather than a reclining one
An upright bike.

Vertical

Of or relating to a business model that offers a specific product or service to a specific customer base rather than offering a wide range of products or services in a wider market.

Upright

Vertically
Walk upright.

Vertical

Relating to or composed of elements at different levels, as of society.

Upright

A perpendicular position; verticality.

Vertical

(Medicine) Of or relating to transmission of a disease or condition from parent to offspring, either through genetic inheritance or through circumstances occurring between conception and birth.

Upright

Something, such as a goalpost, that stands upright.

Vertical

Something vertical, as a line, plane, or circle.

Upright

An upright piano.

Vertical

A vertical position.

Upright

An upright bicycle.

Vertical

Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
Vertical lines

Upright

To restore to an upright position
The tow truck uprighted the overturned tractor trailer.

Vertical

In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.

Upright

Vertical; erect
I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

Vertical

In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.

Upright

In its proper orientation; not overturned.
My brother didn't get angry when his son knocked over the lamp; he simply called the boy over and helped him set it upright again.

Vertical

(marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.

Upright

Greater in height than breadth.

Vertical

(wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.

Upright

(figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

Vertical

(music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.

Upright

(of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Vertical

A vertex or zenith.

Upright

In or into an upright position.

Vertical

A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.

Upright

Any vertical part of a structure.

Vertical

An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.

Upright

(sports) A goal post.

Vertical

A vertical component of a structure.

Upright

(slang) A leg

Vertical

(marketing) A vertical market.
We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals.

Upright

A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

Vertical

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.
Charity . . . is the vertical top of all religion.

Upright

(informal) An upright piano.

Vertical

Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.

Upright

(informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.

Vertical

Vertical position; zenith.

Upright

(transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

Vertical

A vertical line, plane, or circle.

Upright

In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
All have their ears upright.

Vertical

Something that is oriented vertically

Upright

Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
And that man [Job] was perfect and upright.

Vertical

A vertical structural member as a post or stake;
The ball sailed between the uprights

Upright

Conformable to moral rectitude.
Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.

Vertical

At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line;
A vertical camera angle
The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab
Measure the perpendicular height
An inclined plane

Upright

Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.

Vertical

Upright in position or posture;
An erect stature
Erect flower stalks
For a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression
A column still vertical amid the ruins
He sat bolt upright

Upright

Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Upright

Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.

Upright

A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave.

Upright

The vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights.

Upright

A vertical structural member as a post or stake;
The ball sailed between the uprights

Upright

A piano with a vertical sounding board

Upright

In a vertical position; not sloping;
An upright post

Upright

Of moral excellence;
A genuinely good person
A just cause
An upright and respectable man
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous

Upright

Erect in posture;
Behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude
Stood defiantly with unbowed back

Upright

Maintaining an erect position;
Standing timber
Many buildings were still standing

Upright

Upright in position or posture;
An erect stature
Erect flower stalks
For a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression
A column still vertical amid the ruins
He sat bolt upright

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