Lessen vs. Lower — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lessen and Lower
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Lessen
To make less; reduce.
Lower
To look angry, sullen, or threatening.
Lessen
(Archaic) To make little of; belittle.
Lower
To appear dark or stormy, as the sky.
Lessen
To become less; decrease
Interest that lessened as the lecture continued.
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Lower
To let, bring, or move down to a lower level.
Lessen
(transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
Lower
To reduce in value, degree, or quality.
Lessen
(intransitive) To become less.
Lower
To weaken; undermine
Lower one's energy.
Lessen
Unless.
Lower
To reduce in standing or respect.
Lessen
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment.
St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.
Lower
To move down
Her hand lowered.
Lessen
To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
The objection lessens much, and comes to no more than this: there was one witness of no good reputation.
Lower
To become less; diminish
The temperature has lowered gradually this month.
Lessen
Decrease in size, extent, or range;
The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
The cabin pressure fell dramatically
Her weight fall to under a hundred pounds
His voice fell to a whisper
Lower
A threatening, sullen, or angry look.
Lessen
Make smaller;
He decreased his staff
Lower
A dark or stormy appearance
The lower of thunderheads.
Lessen
Wear off or die down;
The pain subsided
Lower
Having little relative height; not high or tall
A low wall.
Lower
Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces
A low hill.
Lower
Near to the ground or the horizon
The low clouds threaten rain. The sun is low.
Lower
Situated or placed below normal height
A low lighting fixture.
Lower
Situated below the surrounding surfaces
Water standing in low spots.
Lower
Of less than usual or average depth; shallow
The river is low.
Lower
Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté
A low neckline.
Lower
Close or closer to a reference point
Was low in the offensive zone, near the goal.
Lower
(Linguistics) Produced with part or all of the tongue depressed, as a, pronounced (ä), in father. Used of vowels.
Lower
Below average in degree, intensity, or amount
A low temperature.
Lower
Below an average or a standard
Low wages.
A low level of communication.
Lower
Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale
A low number.
A low grade of oil.
Lower
Relating to or being latitudes nearest to the equator.
Lower
Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or other value
A low fee.
A low income.
Lower
Not loud; soft
A low murmur.
Lower
Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively small number of sound-wave cycles per second.
Lower
Below others in status or rank; lowly
Of low birth.
Lower
Violating standards of morality or decency; base
A low stunt to pull. ].
Lower
Below another in rank, position, or authority.
Lower
Physically situated below a similar or comparable thing
A lower shelf.
Lower
Lower Geology & Archaeology Relating to or being an earlier or older division of the period named.
Lower
(Biology) Less complex in organization or having traits similar to those of organisms that evolved earlier in the history of life on Earth.
Lower
Denoting the larger and usually more representative house of a bicameral legislature.
Lower
Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
Lower
Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
Lower Manhattan
Lower Burgundy
Lower
Older
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
Lower
(transitive) to pull down
To lower a flag
Lower
(transitive) To reduce the height of
Lower a fence or wall
Lower a chimney or turret
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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