Lower vs Deepest - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between lower and deepest

is that lower is comparative of low while deepest is superlative of deep.

As an adverb lower

is comparative of low POS=adverb.

As a verb lower

is to let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.

lower

English

Etymology 1

From (low) +

Adjective

(head)

(low)

bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object

(geology, of strata or geological time periods) older

Antonyms

* (more low) higher * (bottom) upper * (older) upper

Adverb

(head)

Verb

(en verb)

To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down

lower a bucket into a well

to lower a sail of a boat

to pull down

to lower a flag

Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love / Down to a silent grave. .

To reduce the height of

lower a fence or wall

lower a chimney or turret

To depress as to direction

lower the aim of a gun

To make less elevated

to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes

To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of

lower the temperature

lower one's vitality

lower distilled liquors

To bring down; to humble

lower one's pride

(reflexive) (lower oneself ) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.

I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.

To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.

lower the price of goods

lower the interest rate

To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease

The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.

To decrease in value, amount, etc.

Synonyms

* bring down * shorten * * reduce * reduce, turn down * * be humble * cut, reduce * die off, drop, fall, fall off, shrink * become/get smaller, become/get lower, lessen, reduce

Etymology 2

Verb

(en verb)

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* * English ergative verbs English heteronyms 1000 English basic words

deepest

English

Adjective

(head)

(deep).

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= John Vidal

, volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas , passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}

Anagrams

* steeped