lower vs qualify

lower

verb
  • To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. 

  • To decrease in value, amount, etc. 

  • To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program. 

  • To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of 

  • To bring down; to humble 

  • (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. 

  • To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down 

  • To reduce the height of 

  • To depress as to direction 

  • to pull down 

  • To make less elevated 

  • To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease 

adj
  • bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object 

  • Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly. 

  • older 

qualify

verb
  • To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. 

  • To certify or license someone for something. 

  • To throw and catch each object at least twice. 

  • To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage. 

  • To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task. 

  • To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true. 

  • To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities. 

noun
  • An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice. 

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