different between height vs eagerness

English

Alternative forms

• highth (obsolete)
• heighth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English heighte, hei?þe, from Old English h?ahþu, h?hþo, h?ehþo (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþ? (compare *hauhaz). Corresponds to high +? -th.

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?t, IPA^(key): /ha?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Homophone: hight
• Hyphenation: height

Noun

height (countable and uncountable, plural heights)

1. The distance from the base of something to the top.
2. (phonetics) 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.

   Coordinate terms: (horizontal dimension) backness, (lip articulation) roundedness, length, nasalization, reduction

3. The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
4. The highest point or maximum degree.
   • 2004, Peter Bondanella, Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, chapter 4, 173–174:

     During the height of Italian immigration in the United States and in New York City, gangs flourished not only because of poverty but also because of political and social corruption. Policemen and politicians were often as crooked as the gang leaders themselves.

5. A high point.
   1. A mountain, especially a very high one.
6. (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
7. (mathematics) The amplitude of a sine function

Synonyms

• (highest point): See also Thesaurus:apex

Antonyms

• (distance from bottom to top): depth

Derived terms

Related terms

• high

Translations

Further reading

• height on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Highet, eighth, highte

English

Alternative forms

• eagreness (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English egernesse, egrenesse; equivalent to eager +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i??n?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i???n?s/
• Hyphenation: ea?ger?ness

Noun

eagerness (usually uncountable, plural eagernesses)

1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
   • 1909: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

     The things he had to tell about...were enough to make you almost tremble with excitement, when you heard all the intimate details from an animal charmer and realized with what thrilling eagerness and anxiety the whole busy underworld was working.

2. (obsolete) Tartness; sourness

Translations

Anagrams

• Gerasenes, eagreness, green seas, sea greens