depth vs height

depth

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

  • the deepest part (usually of a body of water) 

  • the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc. 

  • a very remote part. 

  • the total palette of available colors 

  • a pair of toothed wheels which work together 

  • lowness 

  • the property of appearing three-dimensional 

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

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

  • the most severe part 

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

  • the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values 

height

noun
  • The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level. 

  • 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. 

  • A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue. 

  • A mountain, especially a very high one. 

  • The amplitude of a sine function 

  • The distance from the base of something to the top. 

  • A high point. 

  • An area of land at the top of a cliff. 

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