different between uplift vs subsidence

English

Etymology

up- +? lift

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: ?pl?ft?, IPA^(key): /?p?l?ft/
• (adjective, noun) enPR: ?p?l?ft, IPA^(key): /??pl?ft/

Verb

uplift (third-person singular simple present uplifts, present participle uplifting, simple past and past participle uplifted)

1. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
2. (law, of a penalty) To aggravate; to increase.
3. (aviation, travel) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
4. (New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.

Translations

Noun

uplift (plural uplifts)

1. The act or result of being uplifted.
2. (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
   • 1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms (page 143)

     Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.

3. (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.

See also

• improvement

Translations

Anagrams

• lift up, liftup, pitful

English

Etymology

Latin subsidens, subsidentis, present participle of subsidere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?bs?d?ns/, /?s?bs?d?ns/, /s?b?sa?d?ns/

Noun

subsidence (countable and uncountable, plural subsidences)

1. The process of becoming less active or severe.
   • 1754, William Warburton, Sermon preached before the King, at Kensington, October 27, 1754

     The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.

2. (geology) A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion.

Derived terms

Related terms

• subside (verb)

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