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Uplifting vs Hyper - What's the difference?

uplifting | hyper |

As adjectives the difference between uplifting and hyper

is that uplifting is improving the mood; causing cheerfulness while hyper is (colloquial) short for hyperactive.

As nouns the difference between uplifting and hyper

is that uplifting is the act of something being lifted upward while hyper is (science fiction) short for hyperspace.

uplifting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Improving the mood; causing cheerfulness.
    • Listening to whalesong can be very uplifting .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something being lifted upward.
  • * (Herman Melville)
    • prodigious long upliftings of their legs
  • * 1847 , The American Journal of Science and Arts (page 91)
    • The borders of large subsiding areas sooner or later experiencing deep fissurings and extensive upliftings through the tension or horizontal force of the subsiding crust

    hyper

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Short for hyperactive

    • Noun

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  • (science fiction) Short for hyperspace
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