Higher vs. Lower — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Higher and Lower
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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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