Low vs. Small — What's the Difference?

Having little relative height; not high or tall

Being below average in size

Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces

Being below average in quantity or extent

Near to the ground or the horizon

Limited in importance or significance; trivial

Situated or placed below normal height

Having limited position, influence, or status; minor

Situated below the surrounding surfaces

Unpretentious; modest

Of less than usual or average depth; shallow

Not fully grown; very young

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

Narrow in outlook; petty

Close or closer to a reference point

Having been belittled; humiliated

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

Diluted; weak. Used of alcoholic beverages.

Below average in degree, intensity, or amount

Lacking force or volume

Below an average or a standard

Lowercase

Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale

In small pieces

Relating to or being latitudes nearest to the equator.

Without loudness or forcefulness; softly.

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

In a small manner.

Not loud; soft

A part that is smaller or narrower than the rest

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

Small things considered as a group.

Below others in status or rank; lowly

Chiefly British Small items of clothing.

Violating standards of morality or decency; base

Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

The characteristic sound uttered by cattle; a moo.

(figuratively) Young, as a child.

To utter the sound made by cattle; moo.

Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.

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

Humiliated or insignificant.

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.

Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.

Below the batter's knees.

Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.

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.

Synonym of little

Low-cut.

(archaic) Slender, gracefully slim.

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That is small the manufactured size.

Humble, meek, not haughty.

In a small fashion

Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.

In or into small pieces.

Being a nadir, a bottom.

(obsolete) To a small extent.

Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.

(obsolete) In a low tone; softly.

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

An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

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One who fits an item of that size.

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

Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

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

To make little or less.

Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.

(intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

Simple in complexity or development.

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.

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

Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.

(in several set phrases) Being near the equator.

Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; - sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.

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

Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.

Quiet; soft; not loud.

Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.

(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.

In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.

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

Not loudly; faintly; timidly.

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

The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.

Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

Smallclothes.

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).

To make little or less.

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

The slender part of the back

A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.

A garment size for a small person

An area of low pressure; a depression.

Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

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

Limited in size or scope;

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

Low or inferior in station or quality;

A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.

Not fully grown;

A flame; fire; blaze.

Too small to be seen except under a microscope

Barrow, mound, tumulus.

Not large but sufficient in size or amount;

A hill.

(of a voice) faint;

Close to the ground.

Slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope;

Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.

Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth);

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

Lowercase;

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

Have fine or very small constituent particles;

In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

On a small scale;

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;