Recede vs Lower - What's the difference?
recede | lower | Related terms |
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
* Dryden
* Bentley
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
To take back.
(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.
Recede is a related term of lower.
As verbs the difference between recede and lower
is that recede is while lower is to let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down or lower can be .As an adjective lower is
(low).As an adverb lower is
.recede
English
Verb
(reced)- Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from the instituted shore.
- All bodies moved circularly endeavour to recede from the center.
- to recede conquered territory
Synonyms
* withdrawDerived terms
* recedingReferences
*Anagrams
* ----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.
