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Higher vs. Lower — What's the Difference?

Higher vs. Lower — What's the Difference?

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Higher

Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward
A high mountain.
A high tower.

Lower

To look angry, sullen, or threatening.

Higher

Extending a specified distance upward
A cabinet ten feet high.

Lower

To appear dark or stormy, as the sky.

Higher

Far or farther from a reference point
Was too high in the offensive zone to take a shot.
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Lower

To let, bring, or move down to a lower level.

Higher

Being at or near the peak or culminating stage
The high tourist season.
High summer.

Lower

To reduce in value, degree, or quality.

Higher

Advanced in development or complexity
High forms of animal life.
Higher mathematics.

Lower

To weaken; undermine
Lower one's energy.

Higher

Far removed in time; remote
High antiquity.

Lower

To reduce in standing or respect.

Higher

Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy. Used of meat.

Lower

To move down
Her hand lowered.

Higher

Having a bad smell; malodorous.

Lower

To become less; diminish
The temperature has lowered gradually this month.

Higher

Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second
The high tones of a flute.

Lower

A threatening, sullen, or angry look.

Higher

Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed
A high voice.

Lower

A dark or stormy appearance
The lower of thunderheads.

Higher

Situated relatively far from the equator
A high latitude.

Lower

Having little relative height; not high or tall
A low wall.

Higher

Of great importance
Set a high priority on funding the housing program.

Lower

Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces
A low hill.

Higher

Eminent in rank or status
A high official.

Lower

Near to the ground or the horizon
The low clouds threaten rain. The sun is low.

Higher

Serious; grave
High crimes and misdemeanors.

Lower

Situated or placed below normal height
A low lighting fixture.

Higher

Constituting a climax; crucial
The chase scene is the high point of the film.

Lower

Situated below the surrounding surfaces
Water standing in low spots.

Higher

Characterized by lofty or stirring events or themes
High adventure.
High drama.

Lower

Of less than usual or average depth; shallow
The river is low.

Higher

Lofty or exalted in quality or character
A person of high morals.

Lower

Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté
A low neckline.

Higher

Greater than usual or expected, as in quantity, magnitude, cost, or degree
“A high price has to be paid for the happy marriage with the four healthy children” (Doris Lessing).

Lower

Close or closer to a reference point
Was low in the offensive zone, near the goal.

Higher

Favorable
He has a high opinion of himself.

Lower

(Linguistics) Produced with part or all of the tongue depressed, as a, pronounced (ä), in father. Used of vowels.

Higher

Of great force or violence
High winds.

Lower

Below average in degree, intensity, or amount
A low temperature.

Higher

(Informal) Excited or euphoric
High spirits.

Lower

Below an average or a standard
Low wages.
A low level of communication.

Higher

(Slang) Intoxicated by alcohol or a drug, such as cocaine or marijuana.

Lower

Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale
A low number.
A low grade of oil.

Higher

Luxurious; extravagant
High living.

Lower

Relating to or being latitudes nearest to the equator.

Higher

(Linguistics) Of or relating to vowels produced with part of the tongue close to the palate, as in the vowel of tree.

Lower

Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value
A low fee.
A low income.

Higher

Of, relating to, or being the gear configuration or setting, as in an automotive transmission, that produces the greatest vehicular speed with respect to engine speed.

Lower

Not loud; soft
A low murmur.

Higher

At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree
Saw a plane flying high in the sky.
Prices that had gone too high.

Lower

Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively small number of sound-wave cycles per second.

Higher

In an extravagant or luxurious way
Made a fortune and lived high.

Lower

Below others in status or rank; lowly
Of low birth.

Higher

A lofty place or region.

Lower

Violating standards of morality or decency; base
A low stunt to pull. ].

Higher

A high level or degree
Summer temperatures reached an all-time high.

Lower

Below another in rank, position, or authority.

Higher

The high gear configuration of a transmission.

Lower

Physically situated below a similar or comparable thing
A lower shelf.

Higher

A center of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

Lower

Lower Geology & Archaeology Relating to or being an earlier or older division of the period named.

Higher

(Informal) An excited or euphoric condition
The team was on a high after winning in overtime.

Lower

(Biology) Less complex in organization or having traits similar to those of organisms that evolved earlier in the history of life on Earth.

Higher

(Slang) An intoxicated or euphoric condition induced by alcohol or a drug.

Lower

Denoting the larger and usually more representative house of a bicameral legislature.

Higher

A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.

Lower

Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object

Higher

(transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity.

Lower

Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
Lower Manhattan
Lower Burgundy

Higher

(intransitive) To ascend.

Lower

Older

Higher

Advanced in complexity or elaboration; as, higher mathematics.

Lower

(transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
Lower a bucket into a well
To lower a sail of a boat

Higher

Of or pertaining to education beyond the secondary level; as, higher education; higher learning.

Lower

(transitive) to pull down
To lower a flag

Higher

Advanced in complexity or elaboration;
High finance
Higher mathematics

Lower

(transitive) To reduce the height of
Lower a fence or wall
Lower a chimney or turret

Higher

Of education beyond the secondary level;
Higher education
Higher learning

Lower

(transitive) To depress as to direction
Lower the aim of a gun

Lower

(transitive) To make less elevated
To lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes

Lower

(transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
Lower the temperature
Lower one's vitality
Lower distilled liquors

Lower

(transitive) To bring down; to humble
Lower one's pride

Lower

(reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.

Lower

(transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
Lower the price of goods
Lower the interest rate

Lower

(intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.

Lower

(intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.

Lower

To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.

Lower

Alternative spelling of lour

Lower

To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
Lowered softly with a threefold cord of loveDown to a silent grave.

Lower

To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.

Lower

To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.

Lower

To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.

Lower

To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.

Lower

To reduce in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.

Lower

To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.

Lower

To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
All the clouds that lowered upon our house.

Lower

To frown; to look sullen.
But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face.

Lower

Cloudiness; gloominess.

Lower

A frowning; sullenness.

Lower

The lower of two berths

Lower

Move something or somebody to a lower position;
Take down the vase from the shelf

Lower

Set lower;
Lower a rating
Lower expectations

Lower

Cause to drop or sink;
The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir

Lower

Make lower or quieter;
Turn down the volume of a radio

Lower

Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

Lower

(usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem;
No less a person than the king himself

Lower

Inferior in rank or status;
The junior faculty
A lowly corporal
Petty officialdom
A subordinate functionary

Lower

The bottom one of two;
He chose the lower number

Lower

Of the underworld;
Nether regions

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