The difference between Lower and Reduce

When used as verbs, lower means to let descend by its own weight, as something suspended, whereas reduce means to bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something.

check bellow for the other definitions of Lower and Reduce

  1. Lower as an adjective:

  2. Lower as an adjective:

    bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object

  3. Lower as an adjective (geology, of strata or geological time periods):

    older

  1. Lower as an adverb:

  1. Lower as a verb (transitive):

    To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down

    Examples:

    "lower a bucket into a well"

    "to lower a sail of a boat"

  2. Lower as a verb (transitive):

    to pull down

    Examples:

    "to lower a flag"

  3. Lower as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce the height of

    Examples:

    "lower a fence or wall"

    "lower a chimney or turret"

  4. Lower as a verb (transitive):

    To depress as to direction

    Examples:

    "lower the aim of a gun"

  5. Lower as a verb (transitive):

    To make less elevated

    Examples:

    "to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes"

  6. Lower as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of

    Examples:

    "lower the temperature"

    "lower one's vitality"

    "lower distilled liquors"

  7. Lower as a verb (transitive):

    To bring down; to humble

    Examples:

    "lower one's pride"

  8. Lower as a verb (reflexive):

    (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.

    Examples:

    "I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes."

  9. Lower as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.

    Examples:

    "lower the price of goods"

    "lower the interest rate"

  10. Lower as a verb (intransitive):

    To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease

    Examples:

    "The river lowered as rapidly as it rose."

  11. Lower as a verb (intransitive):

    To decrease in value, amount, etc.

  1. Lower as a verb:

  1. Reduce as a verb (transitive):

    To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.

    Examples:

    "to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc."

  2. Reduce as a verb (intransitive):

    To lose weight.

  3. Reduce as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.

    Examples:

    "to reduce a sergeant to the ranks"

  4. Reduce as a verb (transitive):

    To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

    Examples:

    "to reduce a province or a fort"

  5. Reduce as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to an inferior state or condition.

    Examples:

    "to reduce a city to ashes"

  6. Reduce as a verb (transitive, cooking):

    To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.

  7. Reduce as a verb (transitive, chemistry):

    To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.

  8. Reduce as a verb (transitive, metallurgy):

    To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.

  9. Reduce as a verb (transitive, mathematics):

    To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.

  10. Reduce as a verb (transitive, computer science):

    To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.

  11. Reduce as a verb (transitive, logic):

    To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form

  12. Reduce as a verb (transitive, legal):

    To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to writing").

    Examples:

    "It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing."

  13. Reduce as a verb (transitive, medicine):

    To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

  14. Reduce as a verb (transitive, military):

    To reform a line or column from (a square).

  15. Reduce as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To translate (a book, document, etc.).

    Examples:

    "a book reduced into English"

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