Italic vs. Upright
Difference Between Italic and Upright
Italicadjective
Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
Uprightadjective
Vertical; erect.
I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.Italicadjective
Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.
The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font.Uprightadjective
Greater in height than breadth.
Italicnoun
(typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
Uprightadjective
(figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
Italicnoun
An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
Uprightadjective
(of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
Italicnoun
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
Uprightadverb
in or into an upright position
Italicnoun
a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
Uprightnoun
Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
Italicnoun
a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
Uprightnoun
A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
Italicadjective
characterized by slanting characters;
italic charactersUprightnoun
(informal) An upright piano.
Italicadjective
of or relating to the Italic languages;
ancient Italic dialectsUprightnoun
Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
Uprightverb
(transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
Uprightnoun
a vertical structural member as a post or stake;
the ball sailed between the uprightsUprightnoun
a piano with a vertical sounding board
Uprightadjective
in a vertical position; not sloping;
an upright postUprightadjective
of moral excellence;
a genuinely good persona just causean upright and respectable manthe life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuousUprightadjective
erect in posture;
behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitudestood defiantly with unbowed backUprightadjective
maintaining an erect position;
standing timbermany buildings were still standingUprightadjective
upright in position or posture;
an erect statureerect flower stalksfor a dog, an erect tail indicates aggressiona column still vertical amid the ruinshe sat bolt upright
