Lofty vs Ascendant - What's the difference?
lofty | ascendant | Related terms |
high, tall, having great height or stature
* {{quote-book
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, author=George Borrow
, title=Wild Wales
, chapter=98
idealistic, implying over-optimism
* 2013 , Delme Parfitt in Wales Online'', ''Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
* F. Harrison
Rising, moving upward.
* Browne
Surpassing or controlling.
* South
* John Stuart Mill
Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
* Robertson
An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
Ascent; height; elevation.
* Temple
(astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
Lofty is a related term of ascendant.
As a proper noun lofty
is (informal) nickname for a tall (usually male) person.As an adjective ascendant is
rising, moving upward.As a noun ascendant is
being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.lofty
English
Adjective
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- a lofty bed
- a lofty goal
- A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
ascendant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The constellation about that time ascendant .
- An ascendant spirit over him.
- The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.
Noun
(wikipedia ascendant) (en noun)- One man has the ascendant over another.
- Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.
- (Ayliffe)
- Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant .
- (Burke)