Eighth vs Height - What's the difference?
eighth | height |
The ordinal form of the number eight.
(eighth ones is used for the plural ) The person or thing in the eighth position.
One of eight equal parts of a whole.
(slang) An "eighth" of an ounce equalling approximately 3.5 grams in marijuana or other drugs.
The distance from the base of something to the top.
* Robert Frost
* , chapter=5
, title= 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.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn
, work=BBC Sport (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
As nouns the difference between eighth and height
is that eighth is (eighth ones is used for the plural ) the person or thing in the eighth position while height is the distance from the base of something to the top.As an adjective eighth
is the ordinal form of the number eight.eighth
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Adjective
(head)Synonyms
* , 8th; (in names of monarchs and popes ) VIIINoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (person or thing in the eighth position) eighth one * (One of eight equal parts) , henry (for an eighth of an ounce of marijuana in the UK)Anagrams
* English ordinal numbersheight
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Alternative forms
* highth * heighthNoun
- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
citation, passage=If City never quite reached the heights of their 6-1 demolition of United, then Roberto Mancini's side should still have had this game safe long before Johnson restored their two-goal advantage.}}