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high tide vs. low tide

noun

high tides plural
  1. the tide at its highest level of elevation.

  2. the time of high water.

  3. a culminating point.

    the high tide of the revolution.

noun

low tides plural
  1. the tide at the point of maximum ebb.

  2. the time of low water.

  3. the lowest point of decline of anything.

    His spirits were at low tide.