Higher vs. Upper — What's the Difference?

Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward

Higher in place, position, or rank

Extending a specified distance upward

Situated on higher ground

Far or farther from a reference point

Lying farther inland

Being at or near the peak or culminating stage

Northern

Advanced in development or complexity

Upper Geology & Archaeology Of, relating to, or being a later division of the period named.

Far removed in time; remote

Denoting the smaller and usually less broadly representative house of a bicameral legislature.

Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy. Used of meat.

The part of a shoe or boot above the sole.

Having a bad smell; malodorous.

(Informal) An upper berth.

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

Uppers(Informal) The upper teeth or a set of upper dentures.

Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed

A drug, especially an amphetamine, used as a stimulant.

Situated relatively far from the equator

An exhilarating or euphoric experience.

Of great importance

At a higher level, rank or position.

Eminent in rank or status

Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.

Serious; grave

Younger, more recent

Constituting a climax; crucial

(education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.

Characterized by lofty or stirring events or themes

A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.

Lofty or exalted in quality or character

The upper portion of something

Greater than usual or expected, as in quantity, magnitude, cost, or degree

(shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.

Favorable

(footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.

Of great force or violence

Someone with higher social standing

(Informal) Excited or euphoric

A senior student.

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

That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.

Luxurious; extravagant

A tooth in the upper jaw.

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

A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.

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.

An upper berth or bunk.

At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree

(Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.

In an extravagant or luxurious way

Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.

A lofty place or region.

The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.

A high level or degree

The higher of two berths

The high gear configuration of a transmission.

Piece of leather that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole

A center of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression

(Informal) An excited or euphoric condition

Higher in place or position;

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

The topmost one of two

A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.

Superior in rank or accomplishment;

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

(intransitive) To ascend.

Advanced in complexity or elaboration; as, higher mathematics.

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

Advanced in complexity or elaboration;

Of education beyond the secondary level;