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Uppercase vs. Alphanumeric: What's the Difference?

Uppercase and Alphanumeric Definitions

Uppercase

Of, printed, or formatted in capital letters
An uppercase A.
Uppercase titles.

Alphanumeric

Consisting of both letters and numbers.

Uppercase

To put (type or text) in uppercase letters.

Alphanumeric

Consisting of or using letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and mathematical and other conventional symbols
An alphanumeric code.

Uppercase

To begin (a word) with an uppercase letter.
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Alphanumeric

Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.

Uppercase

Written in upper case; capital

Alphanumeric

Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.

Uppercase

Alternative spelling of upper case

Alphanumeric

An alphanumeric character.
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Uppercase

(transitive) To convert (text) to upper case.

Alphanumeric

Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters

Uppercase

Relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case;
Uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc

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