Height vs. Acrophilia — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Height and Acrophilia
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Definitions
Height
Height is measure of vertical distance, either vertical extent (how "tall" something or someone is) or vertical position (how "high" a point is). For example, "The height of that building is 50 m" or "The height of an airplane in-flight is about 10,000 m".
Acrophilia
A love of heights.
Height
Abbr. h The distance from the base of something to the top.
Acrophilia
(sexuality) Sexual arousal from heights or high altitudes.
Height
Elevation above a given level, as of the sun or a star above the horizon; altitude.
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Height
The condition or attribute of being relatively or sufficiently high or tall
Height is an advantage in basketball.
Height
Stature, especially of the human body.
Height
A hill, mountain, or other piece of ground that stands out from the surrounding land.
Height
A high point or position
Prices rose to stunning heights.
Height
The highest or uppermost point; the summit or apex
Finally reached the height of the mountain.
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Height
The highest or most advanced degree; the zenith
At the height of her career.
Height
The point of highest intensity; the climax
The height of a storm.
Height
(Obsolete) High rank, estate, or degree.
Height
(Archaic) Loftiness of mind.
Height
(Obsolete) Arrogance; hauteur
"He returned me a very resolute answer, and full of height" (Oliver Cromwell).
Height
The distance from the base of something to the top.
Height
The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
We flew at a height of 15 000 meters.
Height
(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.
Height
The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
Height
The highest point or maximum degree.
She's at the height of her career.
Height
A high point.
Height
A mountain, especially a very high one.
Height
(Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
Height
(maths) The amplitude of a sine function
Height
The condition of being high; elevated position.
Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Height
The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal, especially of a man; stature.
[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span.
Height
Degree of latitude either north or south.
Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south.
Height
That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.
Height
Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preëminence or distinction in society; prominence.
Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.
All would in his power hold, all make his subjects.
Height
Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion.
Height
Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
My grief was at the height before thou camest.
[He] spake these same words, all on hight.
Height
The vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
Height
The highest level or degree attainable;
His landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
The artist's gifts are at their acme
At the height of her career
The peak of perfection
Summer was at its peak
...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
The summit of his ambition
So many highest superlatives achieved by man
At the top of his profession
Height
Natural height of a person or animal in an upright position
Height
Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface;
The altitude gave her a headache
