Highest vs. Longest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Highest and Longest
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Highest
Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward
A high mountain.
A high tower.
Longest
Extending or traveling a relatively great distance.
Highest
Extending a specified distance upward
A cabinet ten feet high.
Longest
Having relatively great height; tall.
Highest
Far or farther from a reference point
Was too high in the offensive zone to take a shot.
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Longest
Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several
The long edge of the door.
Highest
Being at or near the peak or culminating stage
The high tourist season.
High summer.
Longest
Of relatively great duration
A long time.
Highest
Advanced in development or complexity
High forms of animal life.
Higher mathematics.
Longest
Of a specified linear extent or duration
A mile long.
An hour long.
Highest
Far removed in time; remote
High antiquity.
Longest
Made up of many members or items
A long shopping list.
Highest
Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy. Used of meat.
Longest
Extending beyond an average or standard
A long game.
Highest
Having a bad smell; malodorous.
Longest
Extending or landing beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal
Her first serve was long.
Highest
Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second
The high tones of a flute.
Longest
Tediously protracted; lengthy
A long speech.
Highest
Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed
A high voice.
Longest
Concerned with distant issues; far-reaching
Took a long view of the geopolitical issues.
Highest
Situated relatively far from the equator
A high latitude.
Longest
Involving substantial chance; risky
Long odds.
Highest
Of great importance
Set a high priority on funding the housing program.
Longest
Having an abundance or excess of
"politicians whose résumés are long on competence" (Margaret Garrard Warner).
Highest
Eminent in rank or status
A high official.
Longest
Having a holding of a commodity or security in expectation of a rise in price
Long on soybeans.
Highest
Serious; grave
High crimes and misdemeanors.
Longest
(Linguistics) Having a comparatively great duration. Used of a vowel or consonant.
Highest
Constituting a climax; crucial
The chase scene is the high point of the film.
Longest
(Grammar) Relating to or being the English speech sounds (ā, ē, ī, ō, ) that are tense vowels or diphthongs.
Highest
Characterized by lofty or stirring events or themes
High adventure.
High drama.
Longest
Being of relatively great duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
Highest
Lofty or exalted in quality or character
A person of high morals.
Longest
During or for an extended period of time
The promotion was long due.
Highest
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).
Longest
At or to a considerable distance; far
She walked long past the end of the trail.
Highest
Favorable
He has a high opinion of himself.
Longest
Beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal
Hit the return long.
Highest
Of great force or violence
High winds.
Longest
For or throughout a specified period
They talked all night long.
Highest
(Informal) Excited or euphoric
High spirits.
Longest
At a point of time distant from that referred to
That event took place long before we were born.
Highest
(Slang) Intoxicated by alcohol or a drug, such as cocaine or marijuana.
Longest
Into or in a long position, as of a commodity market.
Highest
Luxurious; extravagant
High living.
Longest
A long time
This won't take long.
Highest
(Linguistics) Of or relating to vowels produced with part of the tongue close to the palate, as in the vowel of tree.
Longest
(Linguistics) A long syllable, vowel, or consonant.
Highest
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.
Longest
One who acquires holdings in a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in price.
Highest
At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree
Saw a plane flying high in the sky.
Prices that had gone too high.
Longest
A garment size for a tall person.
Highest
In an extravagant or luxurious way
Made a fortune and lived high.
Longest
Longs Trousers extending to the feet or ankles.
Highest
A lofty place or region.
Longest
Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several;
The longer (or long) edge of the door
The hypotenuse is the longest (or long) side of a right triangle
Highest
A high level or degree
Summer temperatures reached an all-time high.
Longest
For the most time;
She stayed longest
Highest
The high gear configuration of a transmission.
Highest
A center of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
Highest
(Informal) An excited or euphoric condition
The team was on a high after winning in overtime.
Highest
(Slang) An intoxicated or euphoric condition induced by alcohol or a drug.
Highest
Approaching or constituting a maximum;
Maximal temperature
Maximum speed
Working at peak efficiency
Highest
Highest and most significant;
His highest achievement
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