As nouns the difference between stature and height
is that
stature is a person or animal's natural height when standing upright while
height is the distance from the base of something to the top.
stature English
Noun
( en noun)
A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
Respect coming from achievement or development.
Anagrams
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height English
Alternative forms
* highth
* heighth
Noun
The distance from the base of something to the top.
* Robert Frost
- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
* , chapter=5
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
The highest point or maximum degree.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn
, work=BBC Sport citation
, passage=If City never quite reached the heights of their 6-1 demolition of United, then Roberto Mancini's side should still have had this game safe long before Johnson restored their two-goal advantage.}}
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(Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
Related terms
* high
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* (l)
Antonyms
* depth
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