Upset on/after hearing the news

[Curiosity1]

Hi,

Which one of the following is more natural?

1. She was upset on hearing about the failure.

2. She was upset after hearing about the failure.

Thanks

 

[emsr2d2]

They don't mean the same thing so it's hard to compare them. Sentence 1 means she became upset as soon as she heard ("on/upon hearing" indicates immediateness). Sentence 2, as it says, means that she became upset afterwards (later).

Neither is particularly natural these days. I'd say:
1. She got upset when she heard about the failure.
2. She got upset after she heard about the failure.