What is the difference between upper and lower houses in UK parliament and other countries?

Question

I know the lower house is selected through general elections, but what about the upper house?

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Answer 1

Usually the lower house is some form of direct representation of the populace while the upper house will allow some other power structure some influence to keep a balance of interests. For instance in federal states like Germany or the US the upper house represents the interests of the federal states. In the UK it represents or historically represented the interest of the nobility..