The difference between Tip and Upset

When used as nouns, tip means the extreme end of something, especially when pointed, whereas upset means disturbance or disruption.

When used as verbs, tip means to provide with a tip, whereas upset means to make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

Upset is also adjective with the meaning: angry, distressed or unhappy.

check bellow for the other definitions of Tip and Upset

  1. Tip as a noun:

    The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

    Examples:

    "the tip of one's nose"

  2. Tip as a noun:

    A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

    Examples:

    "a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc."

  3. Tip as a noun (music):

    The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

  4. Tip as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):

    A small piece of meat.

    Examples:

    "chicken tips over rice'', ''pork tips'', ''marinated alligator tips"

  5. Tip as a noun:

    A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

  6. Tip as a noun:

    A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

  1. Tip as a verb (transitive):

    To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

  1. Tip as a verb (ergative):

    (To cause) to knock over, make fall down or overturn.

  2. Tip as a verb (ergative):

    (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.

  3. Tip as a verb (transitive, slang, dated):

    To drink.

  4. Tip as a verb (transitive):

    To dump (refuse).

  5. Tip as a verb (US, transitive):

    To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.

  6. Tip as a verb (transitive):

    To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.

  1. Tip as a noun (skittles, obsolete):

    The knocking over of a skittle.

  2. Tip as a noun:

    An act of tipping up or tilting.

  3. Tip as a noun (UK, Australia, New Zealand):

    An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.

  4. Tip as a noun (UK, Australia, New Zealand):

    Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

  5. Tip as a noun (UK, Australia, New Zealand, by extension):

    A recycling centre.

  6. Tip as a noun (colloquial):

    A very untidy place.

  7. Tip as a noun:

    The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips

  1. Tip as a verb (now, _, rare):

    To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.

  1. Tip as a noun (now, _, rare):

    A light blow or tap.

  1. Tip as a verb:

    To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.

    Examples:

    "In some cities waiters must be tipped."

  2. Tip as a verb (thieves′, _, slang):

    To give, pass.

  1. Tip as a noun:

    A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.

  1. Tip as a noun:

    A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.

  2. Tip as a noun:

    A piece of advice.

  1. Tip as a verb:

    To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.

  1. Tip as a noun (AAVE):

    A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.

  2. Tip as a noun (AAVE):

    A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.

  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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