Low vs. Moderate — What's the Difference?

Having little relative height; not high or tall

Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme

Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces

Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate

Near to the ground or the horizon

Of medium or average quantity or extent.

Situated or placed below normal height

Of limited or average quality; mediocre.

Situated below the surrounding surfaces

Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion.

Of less than usual or average depth; shallow

One who holds or champions moderate views or opinions, especially in politics or religion.

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

To cause to be less extreme, intense, or violent.

Close or closer to a reference point

To preside over

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

To become less extreme, intense, or violent; abate.

Below average in degree, intensity, or amount

To act as a moderator.

Below an average or a standard

Not excessive; acting in moderation

Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale

More than mild, less than severe

Relating to or being latitudes nearest to the equator.

Mediocre

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

Average priced; standard-deal

Not loud; soft

Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.

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

Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.

Below others in status or rank; lowly

One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.

Violating standards of morality or decency; base

One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.

The characteristic sound uttered by cattle; a moo.

(transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something)

To utter the sound made by cattle; moo.

(intransitive) To become less excessive

Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.

(transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator

Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.

(intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise

Below the batter's knees.

To supply with a moderator substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission.

Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

Low-cut.

Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.

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One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.

Humble, meek, not haughty.

To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.

Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.

To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate.

Being a nadir, a bottom.

To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.

Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.

To preside as a moderator.

Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.

A person who takes a position in the political center

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Preside over;

Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

Make less fast or intense;

Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).

Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;

Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.

Make less severe or harsh;

Simple in complexity or development.

Make less strong or intense; soften;

Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).

Restrain or temper

(in several set phrases) Being near the equator.

Being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme;

(acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.

Not extreme;

Quiet; soft; not loud.

Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes;

(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.

(card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.

Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).

The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.

An area of low pressure; a depression.

The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.

(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.

A flame; fire; blaze.

Barrow, mound, tumulus.

A hill.

Close to the ground.

Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.

With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.

Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.

In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

In a time approaching our own.

(astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.

To lower; to make low.

Inflection of laugh.

(intransitive) To moo.

To burn; to blaze.

To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.

To burn; to blaze.

To depress; to lower.

The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.

A hill; a mound; a grave.

Fire; a flame; a light.

The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.

Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.

Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.

Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.

Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.

Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.

Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.

Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, ă (ăm), ạ (ạll). See Guide to Pronunciation, 5, 10, 11.

Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.

Numerically small; as, a low number.

Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.

Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.

Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.

Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as, a low comparison.

Submissive; humble.

Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.

Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.

Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.

Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.

In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.

Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.

In a low or mean condition; humbly; meanly.

In time approaching our own.

With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.

With a low musical pitch or tone.

In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.

In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; - said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.

An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;

British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

A low level or position or degree;

The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

Make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount;

Literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension;

Very low in volume;

Unrefined in character;

Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

Of the most contemptible kind;

Low or inferior in station or quality;

No longer sufficient;

Subdued or brought low in condition or status;

Low in spirits;

Being the gear producing the lowest drive speed;

In a low position; near the ground;