What is the difference between short and low?

Low is a antonym of short.

Low is a synonym of short.

In phonetics terms the difference between short and low

is that short is a short sound, syllable, or vowel while low is made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.

In intransitive terms the difference between short and low

is that short is of an electrical circuit, to short circuit while low is to moo.

As adjectives the difference between short and low

is that short is having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically while low is in a position comparatively close to the ground.

As adverbs the difference between short and low

is that short is abruptly, curtly, briefly while low is close to the ground.

As nouns the difference between short and low

is that short is a short circuit while low is something that is low; a low point.

As verbs the difference between short and low

is that short is to cause a short circuit in (something) while low is to depress; to lower.

As a preposition short

is deficient in.

As a proper noun Short

is {{surname}.

short

English

(wikipedia short)

Adjective

(er)

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

(of a person) Of comparatively little height.

Having little duration; opposite of long.

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Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.

Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

“Phone” is short''' for “telephone” and "asap" '''short for "as soon as possible".

(cricket, Of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

(cricket, Of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.

Brittle (of pastry, and some metals); see also shortening, shortcrust.

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

He gave a short answer to the question.

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

a short supply of provisions

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.

to be short of money

The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

an account which is short of the truth

* Landor

Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war.

(obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.

* Spenser

Marinell was sore offended / That his departure thence should be so short .

* Clarendon

He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day.

In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.

Usage notes

* (having a small distance between ends or edges) (term) is often used in the positive vertical dimension and used as is (shallow) in the negative vertical dimension; in the horizontal dimension (narrow) is more commonly used.

Synonyms

* (having a small distance between ends or edges) low, narrow, slim, shallow * little, pint-sized, petite, titchy (slang) * (having little duration) brief, concise * an abbreviation of, a short form of

Antonyms

* (having a small distance between ends or edges) tall, high, wide, broad, deep, long * tall * (having little duration) long * long

Adverb

(-)

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.

He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.

The boss got a message and cut the meeting short .

Unawares.

The recent developments at work caught them short .

Without achieving a goal or requirement.

His speech fell short of what was expected.

(cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

(finance) With a negative ownership position.

We went short most finance companies in July.

Noun

(en noun)

A short circuit.

A short film.

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Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.

(Used to indicate a short-length version of a size)

38 short suits fit me right off the rack.

Do you have that size in a short .

(baseball) A shortstop.

Jones smashes a grounder between third and short .

(finance) A short seller.

The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.

(finance) A short sale.

He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.

A summary account.

* Shakespeare

The short and the long is, our play is preferred.

(phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

* H. Sweet

If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in "bit" and "beat", "not" and "naught", we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well.

(label) An shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

Verb

(en verb)

To cause a in (something).

Of an electrical circuit, to .

To shortchange.

To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.

(business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short .

(obsolete) To shorten.

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Deficient in.

We are short a few men on the second shift.

He's short common sense.

(finance) Having a negative position in.

I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.

Synonyms

* (deficient in) lacking, short on

Derived terms

* cold short * for short * hot short * in short * short-arse * short back and sides * short of * short-change, shortchange * shorten * short end of the stick * shortie * shortfall * shorthand * short strokes * shorty * the long and short

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low

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lowe, lohe, . More at lie.

Adjective

(er)

In a position comparatively close to the ground.

Small in height.

Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.

Depressed, sad.

low spirits

I felt low at Christmas with no family to celebrate with.

Not high in amount or quantity.

Food prices are lower in a supermarket than in a luxury department store.

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Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.

Quiet; soft; not loud.

Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.

a person of low mind

a low trick or stratagem

Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.

a low pulse

made low by sickness

Being near the equator.

the low northern latitudes

Humble in character or status.

* Milton

Why but to keep ye low and ignorant?

* Felton

In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull.

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.

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, scurvy

Antonyms

* (in a position comparatively close to the ground) high

Derived 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 tide

Noun

(en noun)

Something that is low; a low point.

You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.

''Economic growth has hit a new low .

A depressed mood or situation.

He is in a low right now

(meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.

The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.

Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.

(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.

He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low .

Adverb

(er)

Close to the ground.

Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.

* Shakespeare

Can sing both high and low .

With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.

to speak low

* Tennyson

The odorous wind / Breathes low between the sunset and the moon.

Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.

He sold his wheat low .

In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

* '>citation

In a time approaching our own.

* John Locke

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.

(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.

The moon runs low , i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To depress; to lower.

(Jonathan Swift)

Etymology 2

From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at laugh.

Verb

(head)

Etymology 3

From (etyl) . More at claim.

Verb

(en verb)

To moo.

The cattle were lowing .

* Gray

The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.

Etymology 4

From (etyl) lowe, loghe, from (etyl) . More at leye, light.

Alternative forms

* lowe

Noun

(en noun)

(countable, UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.

Verb

(en verb)

(UK, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.

(Burns)

Etymology 5

From (etyl) . Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low.

Alternative forms

* lawe

Noun

(en noun)

, mound, tumulus.

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).

(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low.'' (Mary Howitt, ''Ballads and other poems 1847)

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