What is the difference between lower and low?
lower | low | Derived terms |
(low)
bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
(geology, of strata or geological time periods) older
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
to pull down
To reduce the height of
To depress as to direction
To make less elevated
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
To bring down; to humble
(reflexive) (lower oneself ) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
In a position comparatively close to the ground.
Small in height.
Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
Depressed, sad.
Not high in amount or quantity.
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, title= Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
Quiet; soft; not loud.
Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
Being near the equator.
Humble in character or status.
* Milton
* Felton
Simple in complexity or development.
Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear .
Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
(phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
(archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
Something that is low; a low point.
A depressed mood or situation.
(meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
(slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
Close to the ground.
Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
* Shakespeare
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
* Tennyson
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
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In a time approaching our own.
* John Locke
(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.
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, mound, tumulus.
(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
Low is a derived term of lower.
In intransitive terms the difference between lower and low
is that lower is to decrease in value, amount, etc while low is to moo.As adjectives the difference between lower and low
is that lower is comparative of low while low is in a position comparatively close to the ground.As adverbs the difference between lower and low
is that lower is comparative of low POS=adverb while low is close to the ground.As verbs the difference between lower and low
is that lower is to let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down while low is to depress; to lower.As a noun low is
something that is low; a low point.lower
English
Etymology 1
From (low) +Adjective
(head)Antonyms
* (more low) higher * (bottom) upper * (older) upperAdverb
(head)Verb
(en verb)- lower a bucket into a well
- to lower a sail of a boat
- to lower a flag
- Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love / Down to a silent grave. .
- lower a fence or wall
- lower a chimney or turret
- lower the aim of a gun
- to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
- lower the temperature
- lower one's vitality
- lower distilled liquors
- lower one's pride
- I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
- lower the price of goods
- lower the interest rate
- The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
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, reduceEtymology 2
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lowe, lohe, . More at lie.Adjective
(er)- low spirits
- I felt low at Christmas with no family to celebrate with.
- Food prices are lower in a supermarket than in a luxury department store.
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- a person of low mind
- a low trick or stratagem
- a low pulse
- made low by sickness
- the low northern latitudes
- Why but to keep ye low and ignorant?
- In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
- a low diet
Synonyms
* (in a position comparatively close to the ground) nether, underslung * (small in height) short, small * (depressed) blue, depressed, down, miserable, sad, unhappy, gloomy * reduced, devalued, low-level * low-pitched, deep, flat * low-toned, soft * (despicable thing to do) immoral, abject, scummy, scurvyAntonyms
* (in a position comparatively close to the ground) highDerived terms
* high and low * lowball * low blow * low bridge * low-budget * low-cost * Low Countries * low-cut * lower * lowercase * low-fat * Low German * low-grade * low island * lowland * Low Latin * low-level * low loader * lowly * low-lying * low road * low tideNoun
(en noun)- You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
- ''Economic growth has hit a new low .
- He is in a low right now
- Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
- He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low .
Adverb
(er)- Can sing both high and low .
- to speak low
- The odorous wind / Breathes low between the sunset and the moon.
- He sold his wheat low .
- In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds.
- The moon runs low , i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at laugh.Verb
(head)Etymology 3
From (etyl) . More at claim.Etymology 4
From (etyl) lowe, loghe, from (etyl) . More at leye, light.Alternative forms
* loweEtymology 5
From (etyl) . Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low.Alternative forms
* laweNoun
(en noun)- A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains.'' (Robert Plot, ''The natural history of Staffordshire , 1686; cited after OED).
- And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low.'' (Mary Howitt, ''Ballads and other poems 1847)