What's the difference between tempo and upbeat?

Tempo


Definition:

  • (n.) The rate or degree of movement in time.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Their tempo was better in the second, although there remained the general lack of ingenuity.
  • (2) The divergence of the cytochrome b gene is modular: various parts of the gene have changed with a different mode and tempo of evolution.
  • (3) "The MPC must up the tempo at which they execute quantitative easing, while increasing the scheme's size beyond £125bn."
  • (4) Next his wife, Jay Z isn't much a dancer, and when the tempo upped, he respectfully exited, letting her lead her Beyhive legions through their hip-shaking glory.
  • (5) They struggled against the USA, however, when the tempo was pushed up to Premier League levels.
  • (6) Corner to USA though... 1.33am BST 20 mins More tempo in the American play now, but Belgium intercept again, and Mirallas torments them down the Belgian right flank before hitting a low cross in that's hoofed safely clear.
  • (7) US in no rush to make the substitutions as they try to break up Germany's early tempo.
  • (8) Nigeria's military and government claim to be winning the war in the five-year insurgency but the tempo and deadliness of attacks has increased this year, killing more than 2,000 people so far compared to an estimated 3,600 killed over the past four years.
  • (9) The grouping structure, which prescribes the location of major tempo changes, and the parabolic timing function, which represents a natural manner of executing such changes, seem to be the two major constraints under which pianists are operating.
  • (10) These comparisons can be summarized as follows: 1) TDL populations primed in bulk MLI cultures (MLI-TDL) slowed some evidence of specific positive selection when tested immediately; MLI responses to specific alloantigens were both relatively large and accelerated in tempo, whereas responses to third party alloantigens were diminished but also accelerated in tempo.
  • (11) In extra-time began to look more like the tempo-setting player he can be, even as his team fell behind.
  • (12) In our experiments we used spin-labeled maleimide [4-maleimido-tempo] to examine the local environment in the active site of thioredoxin reductase in the presence and absence of calcium.
  • (13) The specific effect of tuning system was not affected by the tempo of the fragments.
  • (14) Tempo of growth is under genetical control but quite separately from size.
  • (15) Girls' development is highlighted because research on antecedents addresses genetic and environmental influences on menarcheal age variations, and because findings on the behavioral consequences of tempo variations have been less consistent for girls than for boys.
  • (16) This pattern and the tempo of its evolution were distinctly different from the diffuse infiltrates seen in patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
  • (17) The isolated proteins were spin-labeled by TEMPO-dichlorotriazine and the values of rotational correlation times (tau) of labeled proteins were found using dependencies of ESR spectra parameters vs viscosity at constant temperature.
  • (18) The introduction of mechanization and automation has led to increased tempo and greater stress.
  • (19) Steven Gerrard was at his influential and impressive best, dictating Liverpool's tempo from a deep-lying midfield role, and as well as playing a part in both of his side's goals – it was from the 32-year-old's cross-field ball that Coutinho set up Henderson for the equaliser – he also ensured Liverpool held on to their lead with a stunning goalline clearance on 65 minutes, after Benteke had been presented with a free header from Westwood's corner.
  • (20) Despite Lee Cattermole's best efforts, Sunderland struggled to force any sort of tempo and, with Norwich coasting comfortably, the atmosphere remained stubbornly flat.

Upbeat


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At best I would like to think about this as Project Cheer; we’re going to be upbeat about this.
  • (2) If you are the company deploying those technologies, there’s a massive opportunity.” A separate survey released earlier this week by the global accountability system CDP gives a more upbeat picture of business opinion regarding the Paris summit.
  • (3) Perhaps the reason the IPCC people are fairly upbeat is that they have had some sleep.
  • (4) Westwood said the night before, when in upbeat mood after his best day of the championship, that there would be no external pressure, only that which came from within.
  • (5) Some neighbouring countries are less upbeat about the project.
  • (6) Aegis's share price has dropped in recent months - despite issuing an upbeat trading update last month - from 130p to just over 100p today.
  • (7) There aren't too many Premier League grounds with a better, more upbeat atmosphere than Selhurst Park.
  • (8) It was also more upbeat on unemployment, predicting it will fall below 6% later this year, from 6.5% on the latest official figures.
  • (9) The mood is fantastic: upbeat, from a crowd of older locals reliving their youth to cool young thangs attracted by Margate’s burgeoning reputation as Dalston-sur-Mer; fiftysomething men in braces and Harringtons, candy-floss-chomping teens… People are picnicking on the fake lawn beside the hair and beauty caravan, children gyrating newly bought hula-hoops to the strains of I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.
  • (10) Braving darkening skies, they were initially in an upbeat mood, belting out the samba rhythm of carnival classic I'm Going to Celebrate.
  • (11) Signs, including more upbeat business surveys, that the recovery could pick up pace in the coming months has already boosted Labour in opinion polls.
  • (12) Mercifully, White has charm and comic chops to keep this upbeat.
  • (13) Upbeating VOKAN never occurred following stripes-down stimulation (appropriate stimulation).
  • (14) The European commission president, José Manuel Barroso, argued in an upbeat speech on Monday that the currency union had put the worst behind it and no longer faced an existential crisis – but Tuesday's unemployment data laid bare the continued discrepancies between different nations.
  • (15) But the Bank’s figures showed homeowners remained upbeat, with the number of mortgages for house purchase approved by lenders rising to an eight-month high of 67,505, from a slightly downwardly revised 67,371 in October.
  • (16) Chris Williamson, chief economist at financial data provider Markit A surge in retail sales in April suggests the consumer mood remains upbeat, contradicting worries about the UK falling into any kind of deflationary slump.
  • (17) The British double Olympic champion said on his Facebook page : “I mentioned at the weekend that the past week has been tough for me, but having spent a few days with my family and having time to reflect, I am feeling much more upbeat.
  • (18) It would be tempting to look at this ongoing Scottish test case and draw the upbeat conclusion that negative campaigning does not work – that, just as the first minister, Alex Salmond, says, positive always triumphs in the end.
  • (19) We’ve convinced two Labor ministers already and I think I’ll be able convince a third minister,” says Peter Kelly, the upbeat managing director of SPC.
  • (20) But given how far we have come … this is certainly not the time to get up and walk away.” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also sounded an upbeat note.