height, altitude, elevation mean vertical distance either between the top and bottom of something or between a base and something above it. height refers to something measured vertically whether high or low.

Height, altitude, elevation refer to distance above a level. Height denotes extent upward (as from foot to head) as well as any measurable distance above a given level: The tree grew to a height of ten feet. They looked down from a great height.

HEIGHT meaning: 1 : a measurement of how tall a person or thing is the distance from the bottom to the top of a person or thing; 2 : the condition of being tall