The difference between Cool and Upset

When used as nouns, cool means a moderate or refreshing state of cold, whereas upset means disturbance or disruption.

When used as verbs, cool means to lose heat, to get colder, whereas upset means to make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

When used as adjectives, cool means having a slightly low temperature, whereas upset means angry, distressed or unhappy.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cool and Upset

  1. Cool as an adjective:

    Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

  2. Cool as an adjective:

    Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

    Examples:

    "a cool grey colour"

  3. Cool as an adjective:

    Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

  4. Cool as an adjective:

    Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

    Examples:

    "His proposals had a cool reception."

  5. Cool as an adjective:

    Calmly audacious.

    Examples:

    "In control as always, he came up with a cool plan."

  6. Cool as an adjective:

  7. Cool as an adjective (informal):

    Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

  8. Cool as an adjective (informal):

    In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

  9. Cool as an adjective (informal):

    Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

    Examples:

    "Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?"

  10. Cool as an adjective (informal):

    Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.

    Examples:

    "I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me."

  1. Cool as a noun:

    A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

    Examples:

    "in the cool of the morning"

  2. Cool as a noun:

    A calm temperament.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: calmness composure"

  3. Cool as a noun:

    The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

  1. Cool as a verb (intransitive, literally):

    To lose heat, to get colder.

    Examples:

    "I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue."

  2. Cool as a verb (transitive):

    To make cooler, less warm.

  3. Cool as a verb (figuratively, intransitive):

    To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

    Examples:

    "Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980."

  4. Cool as a verb (transitive):

    To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

  5. Cool as a verb (transitive):

    To kill.

  1. Upset as an adjective (of a person):

    Angry, distressed or unhappy.

    Examples:

    "He was upset when she refused his friendship."

    "My children often get upset with their classmates."

  2. Upset as an adjective (of a [[stomach]] or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as '''stomach'''):

    Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.

    Examples:

    "His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move."

  1. Upset as a noun (uncountable):

    Disturbance or disruption.

    Examples:

    "My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset."

  2. Upset as a noun (countable, sports, politics):

    An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.

  3. Upset as a noun (automobile insurance):

    An overturn.

    Examples:

    "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason."

  4. Upset as a noun:

    An upset stomach.

  5. Upset as a noun (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.

  1. Upset as a verb (transitive):

    To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

    Examples:

    "I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know."

  2. Upset as a verb (transitive):

    To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

    Examples:

    "Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance."

    "The fatty meat upset his stomach."

  3. Upset as a verb (transitive):

    To tip or overturn (something).

  4. Upset as a verb (transitive):

    To defeat unexpectedly.

    Examples:

    "Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election."

  5. Upset as a verb (intransitive):

    To be upset or knocked over.

    Examples:

    "The carriage upset when the horse bolted."

  6. Upset as a verb (obsolete):

    To set up; to put upright.

  7. Upset as a verb:

    To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.

  8. Upset as a verb:

    To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

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