The difference between Italic and Upright
When used as nouns, italic means a typeface in which the letters slant to the right, whereas upright means any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
When used as adjectives, italic means designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in italy in the 16th century, whereas upright means vertical.
Upright is also adverb with the meaning: in or into an upright position.
Upright is also verb with the meaning: to set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
check bellow for the other definitions of Italic and Upright
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Italic as an adjective (typography, of a [[typeface]] or [[font]]):
Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
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Italic as an adjective (typography, of a typeface or font):
Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.
Examples:
"The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font."
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Italic as a noun (typography):
A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
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Italic as a noun:
An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
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Upright as an adjective:
Vertical; erect.
Examples:
"I was standing upright, waiting for my orders."
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Upright as an adjective:
Greater in height than breadth.
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Upright as an adjective (figuratively):
Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
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Upright as an adjective (of a [[golf club]]):
Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
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Upright as an adverb:
in or into an upright position
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Upright as a noun:
Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
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Upright as a noun:
A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
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Upright as a noun (informal):
An upright piano.
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Upright as a noun:
Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
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Upright as a verb (transitive):
To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).