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Vertigo vs Height - What's the difference?

vertigo | height |

As nouns the difference between vertigo and height

is that vertigo is a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear while height is the distance from the base of something to the top.

vertigo

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
  • A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
  • The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
  • Synonyms

    * dizziness * giddiness

    Derived terms

    * vertiginous ----

    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.}}
  • (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * depth