lower vs value

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 

value

verb
  • To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work. 

  • To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon. 

  • To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something. 

  • To hold dear. 

noun
  • The degree of importance given to something. 

  • The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc. 

  • The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc. 

  • The relative duration of a musical note. 

  • That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system. 

  • The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else. 

  • The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable. 

  • Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined. 

  • Precise meaning; import. 

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