Thickness vs Height - What's the difference?
thickness | height |
(uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
(uncountable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
(countable) A layer.
(uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
(uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
The distance from the base of something to the top.
* Robert Frost
* , chapter=5
, title= The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
The highest point or maximum degree.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn
, work=BBC Sport (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
As nouns the difference between thickness and height
is that thickness is the property of being thick (in dimension) while height is the distance from the base of something to the top.thickness
English
Noun
- The thickness of the Earth's crust is varies from two to 70 kilometres.
- We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
- Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness .
Synonyms
* (the property of being thick in dimension) fatness * (measure) depth * (layer) layer, stratum * (in consistency) density, viscosity * (property of being stupid) denseness, slowness, stupidity, thickheadednessAntonyms
* (in consistency) fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness * (property of being stupid) mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpnessAnagrams
*height
English
Alternative forms
* highth * heighthNoun
- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
citation, passage=If City never quite reached the heights of their 6-1 demolition of United, then Roberto Mancini's side should still have had this game safe long before Johnson restored their two-goal advantage.}}
