success vs upset

upset vs success

success and upset both are nouns.

success is not an adjective while upset is an adjective.

success is not a verb while upset is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
success	Yes	No	No	No
upset	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, upset is a hyponym of success; that is, upset is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than success:

success: an attainment that is successful
upset: an improbable and unexpected victory

Other hyponyms of success include winning, bang, hit, smash, smasher, strike, bell ringer, bull's eye, home run, mark, conquest, coup, flying colors, flying colours, pass, passing, qualifying, overturn, conquest, seduction, score, solution.

success (noun)	upset (noun)
an attainment that is successful	an improbable and unexpected victory
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose	the act of disturbing the mind or body
a person with a record of successes	the act of upsetting something
a state of prosperity or fame	a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
	an unhappy and worried mental state
	a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

success (adjective)	upset (adjective)
	thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
	mildly physically distressed
	afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
	having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
	used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win

success (verb)	upset (verb)
	disturb the balance or stability of
	defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
	form metals with a swage
	move deeply
	cause to lose one's composure
	cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

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