The difference between Blue and Low
When used as nouns, blue means the colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light, whereas low means something that is low.
When used as verbs, blue means to make or become blue, whereas low means to depress.
When used as adjectives, blue means of the colour blue, whereas low means pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
Low is also adverb with the meaning: close to the ground.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blue and Low
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Blue as an adjective:
Of the colour blue.
Examples:
"the deep blue sea"
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Blue as an adjective (informal):
Depressed, melancholic, sad.
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Blue as an adjective:
Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
Examples:
"The candle burns blue."
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Blue as an adjective (politics):
Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue. Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party. Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
Examples:
"I live in a blue constituency.  Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections."
"Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washout"
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Blue as an adjective (astronomy):
Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
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Blue as an adjective (of [[steak]]):
Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
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Blue as an adjective (of a [[dog]] or [[cat]]):
Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
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Blue as an adjective (archaic):
Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
Examples:
"'blue and sour religionists;  blue laws"
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Blue as an adjective (archaic, of women):
literary; bluestockinged.
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Blue as an adjective (particle physics):
Having a color charge of blue.
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Blue as an adjective (entertainment):
Risque or obscene
Examples:
"His material is too blue for prime-time"
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Blue as a noun (countable, and, uncountable):
The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
Examples:
"color paneblue 0028E9"
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Blue as a noun:
A blue dye or pigment.
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Blue as a noun:
Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
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Blue as a noun:
Blue clothing
Examples:
"The boys in blue marched to the pipers."
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Blue as a noun (in the plural):
A blue uniform. See blues.
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Blue as a noun (slang):
A member of law enforcement
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Blue as a noun:
The sky, literally or figuratively.
Examples:
"The ball came out of the blue and cracked his windshield."
"His request for leave came out of the blue."
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Blue as a noun:
The ocean; deep waters.
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Blue as a noun:
Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
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Blue as a noun:
A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
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Blue as a noun (snooker):
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
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Blue as a noun:
Any of the butterflies of the subfamily in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
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Blue as a noun:
A bluefish.
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Blue as a noun (Australia, colloquial):
An argument.
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Blue as a noun:
A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
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Blue as a noun (British):
A type of firecracker.
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Blue as a noun (archaic):
A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
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Blue as a noun (particle physics):
One of the three color charges for quarks.
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Blue as a verb (ergative):
To make or become blue.
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Blue as a verb (transitive, metallurgy):
To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
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Blue as a verb (transitive, laundry):
To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)
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Blue as a verb (transitive, slang):
To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
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Blue as an adjective (entertainment, informal):
Pornographic or profane.
Examples:
"The air was blue with oaths."
"a blue movie"
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Low as an adjective (baseball, of a ball):
Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions. Below the batter's knees.
Examples:
"standing on low ground'' ''in a low valley, ringed by low hills'' ''a low wall'' ''a low shelf"
"the low countries'' ''Low German"
"the pitch (or: the ball) was low"
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Low as an adjective:
Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
Examples:
"a low bow'' ''a low tide'' ''the Mississippi is unusually low right now"
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Low as an adjective:
Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. .}}
Examples:
"low birth'' ''low rank'' ''the low officials of the bureaucracy'' ''low-quality fabric'' ''playing low tricks on them'' ''a person of low mind"
"Now that was low even for you!"
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Low as an adjective:
Humble, meek, not haughty.
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Low as an adjective:
Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
Examples:
"She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs."
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Low as an adjective:
Being a nadir, a bottom.
Examples:
"the low point in her career"
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Low as an adjective:
Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
Examples:
"low spirits"
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Low as an adjective:
Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
Examples:
"a low pulse"
"made (or: laid) low by sickness"
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Low as an adjective:
Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative). Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
Examples:
"My credit union charges a low interest rate. Jogging during a [[whiteout]], with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous. The store sold bread at low prices, and milk at even lower prices. The contractors gave a low estimate of the costs. low cholesterol a low voltage wire a low number"
"diets low in vitamin A'' ''made from low-carbon steel"
"running low on cash"
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Low as an adjective (especially in the field of, _, biology):
Simple in complexity or development; favoring simplicity; see e.g. , .
Examples:
"low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms"
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Low as an adjective (in several set phrases):
Being near the equator.
Examples:
"the low northern latitudes"
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Low as an adjective (acoustics):
Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
Examples:
"The note was too low for her to sing."
"Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts."
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Low as an adjective:
Quiet; soft; not loud.
Examples:
"They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying."
"Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume?"
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Low as an adjective (phonetics):
Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
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Low as an adjective (card games):
Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
Examples:
"a low card"
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Low as an adjective (archaic):
Not rich, seasoned, or nourishing; plain, simple.
Examples:
"a low diet"
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Low as an adjective (of an, automobile, gear, etc):
Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
Examples:
"low gear"
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Low as a noun:
Something that is low; a low point.
Examples:
"You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank."
"Economic growth has hit a new low."
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Low as a noun:
The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
Examples:
"Unemployment has reached a ten-year low."
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Low as a noun:
A depressed mood or situation.
Examples:
"He is in a low right now"
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Low as a noun (meteorology):
An area of low pressure; a depression.
Examples:
"A deep low is centred over the British Isles."
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Low as a noun:
The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
Examples:
"Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour."
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Low as a noun (card games):
The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
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Low as a noun:
(slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
Examples:
"He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low."
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Low as an adverb:
Close to the ground.
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Low as an adverb:
Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
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Low as an adverb:
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
Examples:
"to speak low"
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Low as an adverb:
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
Examples:
"He sold his wheat low."
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Low as an adverb:
In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
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Low as an adverb:
In a time approaching our own.
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Low as an adverb (astronomy):
In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
Examples:
"The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian."
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Low as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To depress; to lower.
Examples:
"rfquotek Jonathan Swift"
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Low as a verb (obsolete, nocat=1):
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Low as a verb (intransitive):
To moo.
Examples:
"The cattle were lowing."
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Low as a noun (countable, UK, Scotland, dialect):
A flame; fire; blaze.
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Low as a verb (UK, Scotland, dialect):
To burn; to blaze.
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Low as a noun (archaic, or, obsolete):
Barrow, mound, tumulus.
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Low as a noun (Scottish dialectal, archaic):
A hill.
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- blue vs unblue
- antiblue vs blue
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- devalued vs low
- low vs low-level
- immoral vs low
- abject vs low
- low vs scummy
- low vs scurvy
- low vs short
- low vs small
- blue vs low
- depressed vs low
- down vs low
- low vs miserable
- low vs sad
- low vs unhappy
- gloomy vs low
- low vs tall
- low vs low-pitched
- deep vs low
- flat vs low
- low vs nether
- low vs underslung
- high vs low
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