Difference between Altitude and Latitude

What is the difference between Altitude and Latitude?

Altitude as a noun is the height measured from sea level up to any given point. while Latitude as a noun is the angular distance north or south from the equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.

Altitude

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The height measured from sea level up to any given point. A vertical distance. The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex. The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.

Latitude

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The angular distance north or south from the equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.An imaginary line (in fact a circle) around the Earth running parallel to the equator.The relative freedom from restrictions.The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.

We hope you now know whether to use Altitude or Latitude in your sentence.

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