What's the difference between glower and lower?

Glower


Definition:

  • (v. i.) to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thank you for the congratulations,” he repeated twice, glowering at the people he described, with no great affection, as his “friends in the media”.
  • (2) In a small side room at the Guardian, with Al Pacino glowering from a poster above us, James Corden is performing a masterclass in modesty.
  • (3) General elections, however, were the time when all the grand inquisitor's talents as cross-examiner came on full display, when the televsion public saw "the scowling, frowning, glowering" Robin Day "with those cruel glasses" (Frankie Howerd's description), as well as the relieving shafts of humour.
  • (4) But the events in Iran are a stark reminder of the glowering presence of religion on the world stage, not just in the form of al-Qaida-style fanaticism.
  • (5) We sit next to an enlarged version of the author photo, featuring Schaal and Blomquist lounging in white bathrobes, glowering sexily at the camera.
  • (6) Phil Collins, looking like a builder sent to do a final check on the Wembley rebuild, glowers at the crowd and says "fuck" during a venomous version of Invisible Touch.
  • (7) For a long time, it had felt as though it was shaping up to be the most satisfying result of Mourinho’s new employment, but ultimately it was another occasion of steep frustration for Manchester United and their glowering manager, and a reminder of why Arsenal have become so difficult to beat in 2016, with only one league defeat on their travels since the start of the year.
  • (8) Mind you, he would have glowered at anyone like that in the absence of his real enemy, Theresa May .
  • (9) The glowering presence of the European parliament is already having more of an impact as it insists Barnier takes a hard line.
  • (10) Nathaniel longed to be a writer, but confessed that even as he did so he felt the burden of ancestral disapproval glowering at him for being a mere "teller of stories".
  • (11) 4.48am BST Ooh, it's a montage Bang, punch, brass stab, lights, glower, sound bite, punch.
  • (12) Henceforward their threatening, glowering poses would provoke only derision.
  • (13) The Sunflower appeared four years back, blooming where previously the Tavern had glowered – one of the last pubs in Belfast to have Troubles-era security gates (“cages”) and cameras at its entrance.
  • (14) Or if you prefer pretty pictures to fine phrasing, you could always try and scroll through the glowering, brooding, posturing and relentless graphics of the obligatory All Access documentaries that Showtime have produced in the lead up to this one.
  • (15) Claire Danes is glowering at me through a subway window with a look in her eyes that makes me want to confess to crimes I never committed.
  • (16) They use my name to sell the festival,” he glowers.
  • (17) Neither I nor my wife, who was once a graduate student at Oriel, could recall the existence of a Rhodes statue at Oxford (though she vividly remembered a large portrait of Rhodes glowering down on students inside the college) – a reminder that imperial legacies are not necessarily less pernicious because they may be less obviously visible.
  • (18) "I am no rogue officer," he glowered, "nothing could be further from the truth."
  • (19) Their enormous fanbase marches over the hill to see them and promptly march away again, leaving Nine Inch Nails facing a half-empty field, helping Trent Reznor deliver a shortish but glowering, magnificent set perhaps aimed personally at whoever put them up against Disclosure .
  • (20) Haji-Ioannou's questions were read out by his spokesman Richard Shackleton, who appeared to be a little uncomfortable as the directors glowered at him from the podium.

Lower


Definition:

  • (a.) Compar. of Low, a.
  • (a.) 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 or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
  • (a.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
  • (a.) To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
  • (a.) To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
  • (v. i.) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
  • (v. i.) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
  • (v. i.) To frown; to look sullen.
  • (n.) Cloudiness; gloominess.
  • (n.) A frowning; sullenness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
  • (2) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
  • (3) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
  • (4) Propranolol resulted in a significantly lower mean hourly, mean 24 h and minimum heart rate.
  • (5) Homozygotes have sparse greasy fur and lower viability and fertility than normal littermates.
  • (6) LHRH therapy leads to higher plasma LH levels and a lower FSH in response to an intravenous LHRH test.
  • (7) On the other hand, the LAP level, identical in preterms and SDB, is lower than in full-term infants but higher than in adults.
  • (8) It is suggested that the Japanese may have lower trabecular bone mineral density than Caucasians but may also have a lower threshold for fracture of the vertebrae.
  • (9) Spontaneous locomotor activity was lower in naloxone-infused rats on day 3 only.
  • (10) After 55 days of unrestricted food availability the body weight of the neonatally deprived rats was approximately 15% lower than that of the controls.
  • (11) There is no evidence that health-maintenance organizations reduce admissions in discretionary or "unnecessary" categories; instead, the data suggest lower admission rates across the board.
  • (12) The rate of accumulation of degraded LDL products was lower in collagen gel cultures, but the final levels achieved were the same in the two substrata.
  • (13) [Ca2+]i exhibited a sigmoidal dependence on [Na+]o. Mg2+, a competitive inhibitor of Na2+-Ca2+ antiport in these cells, antagonized the increase in [Ca2+]i produced by lowering [Na+]o.
  • (14) Side effect incidence in patients treated with the paracetamol-sobrerol combination (3.7%) was significantly lower than that observed in subjects treated with paracetamol (6.1% - P less than 0.01), salicylics (25.1% - P less than 0.001), pyrazolics (12.6% - P less than 0.001), propionics (20.3%, P less than 0.001) or other antipyretics (17.9% - P less than 0.001).
  • (15) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.
  • (16) Diltiazem monotherapy effectively lowered blood pressure in 60% of patients at 8 weeks.
  • (17) Thus, our study confirmed that male subjects with a history of testicular maldescent have an increased risk for testis cancer, although the magnitude of this risk was lower than suggested previously.
  • (18) Anesthetized sheep (n = 6) previously prepared with a lung lymph fistula underwent 2 hr of tourniquet ischemia of both lower limbs.
  • (19) Nicardipine lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure to normal, plasma aldosterone was reduced and serum potassium levels were increased.
  • (20) The overall recoveries of activated ER following chromatography on DEAE-cellulose were significantly lower than the recoveries of the nonactivated ER, 71 and 85%, respectively.