Depth vs. Height

Depthnoun

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

Depthnoun

the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet

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(figuratively) the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.

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lowness

Depthnoun

the total palette of available colors

Depthnoun

the property of appearing three-dimensional

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the deepest part usually of a body of water

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a very remote part.

Depthnoun

the most severe part

Depthnoun

(logic) the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content

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(horology) a pair of toothed wheels which work together

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(aeronautics) the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface

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(statistics) the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values

Depthnoun

The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.

Depthnoun

Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color.

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Lowness; as, depth of sound.

Depthnoun

That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter.

Depthnoun

The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.

Depthnoun

A pair of toothed wheels which work together.

Depthnoun

The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface.

Depthnoun

the maximum number of times a type of procedure is reiteratively called before the last call is exited; - of subroutines or procedures which are reentrant; - used of call stacks.

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extent downward or backward or inward;

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degree of psychological or intellectual depth

Depthnoun

(usually plural) the deepest and most remote part;

Depthnoun

(usually plural) a low moral state;

Depthnoun

the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

Heightnoun

The distance from the base of something to the top.

Heightnoun

The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

Heightnoun

The highest point or maximum degree.

Heightnoun

A mountain, especially a very high one.

Heightnoun

(Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.

Heightnoun

The condition of being high; elevated position.

Heightnoun

The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal, especially of a man; stature.

Heightnoun

Degree of latitude either north or south.

Heightnoun

That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.

Heightnoun

Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preëminence or distinction in society; prominence.

Heightnoun

Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.

Heightnoun

Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.

Heightnoun

the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

Heightnoun

the highest level or degree attainable;

Heightnoun

natural height of a person or animal in an upright position

Heightnoun

elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface;

Height

Height is measure of vertical distance, either vertical extent (how something or someone is) or vertical position (how a point is). For example, or .