Least vs. Lowest — What's the Difference?

Lowest in importance or rank.

Having little relative height; not high or tall

Smallest in magnitude or degree.

Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces

Slightest or tiniest

Near to the ground or the horizon

To or in the lowest or smallest degree.

Situated or placed below normal height

One that is the lowest or smallest in importance, rank, magnitude, or degree

Situated below the surrounding surfaces

The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.

Of less than usual or average depth; shallow

Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.

Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté

In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.

Close or closer to a reference point

(philosophy) Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.

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

Superlative of little; smallest

Below average in degree, intensity, or amount

Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.

Below an average or a standard

In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.

Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale

The superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree;

Relating to or being latitudes nearest to the equator.

Minimal in magnitude;

Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value

Having or being distinguished by diminutive size;

Not loud; soft

Used to form the superlative;

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

Below others in status or rank; lowly

Violating standards of morality or decency; base

Lowest in rank or importance;

Minimal in magnitude;

At the bottom; lowest or last;

In the lowest position; nearest the ground;