Depress
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To press down on To make depressed, sad or bored. To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
Lower
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail of a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun.To make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.To decrease in value, amount, etc.To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
Example sentence: A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.