High vs. Higher

High vs. Higher — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between High and Higher

Highadjective

Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.

The balloon rose high in the sky.The wall was high.a high mountain

Highernoun

A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.

Highadjective

Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.

Higherverb

(transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity.

Highadjective

Above the batter's shoulders.

the pitch (or: the ball) was high

Higherverb

(intransitive) To ascend.

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Highadjective

Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

Higheradjective

advanced in complexity or elaboration;

high financehigher mathematics

Highadjective

Having a specified elevation or height; tall.

three feet highthree Mount Everests high

Higheradjective

of education beyond the secondary level;

higher educationhigher learning

Highadjective

Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.

The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.

Highadjective

Most exalted; foremost.

the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar
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Highadjective

Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).

high crimes, the high festival of the sun

Highadjective

Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.

high (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) scholarship; high tide; high [tourism] season; the High Middle Ages

Highadjective

Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).

Highadjective

(in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.

high latitude, high antiquity

Highadjective

(in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.

Highadjective

Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.

in high spirits

Highadjective

(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.

high living, the high life

Highadjective

Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.

a high tone

Highadjective

(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.

Highadjective

With tall waves.

Highadjective

Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

My bank charges me a high interest rate.I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.high voltagehigh priceshigh windsa high number

Highadjective

Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).

Carrots are high in vitamin A.made from a high-copper alloy

Highadjective

(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).

The note was too high for her to sing.

Highadjective

(phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.

Highadjective

(card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

Highadjective

(poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.

I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.9-high straight = 98765 unsuitedRoyal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush

Highadjective

(of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.

North's hand was high. East was in trouble.

Highadjective

Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.

Epicures do not cook game before it is high.The tailor liked his meat high.

Highadjective

(slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

Highadjective

Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.

Highadverb

In or to an elevated position.

How high above land did you fly?

Highadverb

In or at a great value.

Costs have grown higher this year again.

Highadverb

In a pitch of great frequency.

I certainly can't sing that high.

Highnoun

A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

Highnoun

A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.

It was one of the highs of his career.

Highnoun

A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.

That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.

Highnoun

A drug that gives such a high.

Highnoun

(informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

A large high is centred on the Azores.

Highnoun

The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.

Inflation reached a ten-year high.

Highnoun

The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

Today's high was 32°C.

Highnoun

(card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.

Highnoun

(obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.

Highverb

(obsolete) To rise.

The sun higheth.

Highverb

To hie; to hasten.

Highnoun

a lofty level or position or degree;

summer temperatures reached an all-time high

Highnoun

an air mass of higher than normal pressure;

the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high

Highnoun

a state of sustained elation;

I'm on a permanent high these days

Highnoun

a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics;

they took drugs to get a high on

Highnoun

a high place;

they stood on high and observed the coutrysidehe doesn't like heights

Highnoun

a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12;

he goes to the neighborhood highschool

Highnoun

a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

Highadjective

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount;

a high temperaturea high pricethe high point of his careerhigh riskshas high hopesthe river is highhe has a high opinion of himself

Highadjective

(literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high');

a high mountainhigh ceilingshigh buildingsa high foreheada high inclinea foot high

Highadjective

standing above others in quality or position;

people in high placesthe high priesteminent members of the community

Highadjective

used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

Highadjective

happy and excited and energetic

Highadjective

used of the smell of game beginning to taint

Highadjective

slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

Highadverb

at a great altitude;

he climbed high on the ladder

Highadverb

in or to a high position, amount, or degree;

prices have gone up far too high

Highadverb

in a rich manner;

he lives high

Highadverb

far up toward the source;

he lives high up the river