Nouns do not have degrees; nouns are singular or plural, common or proper, concrete or abstract, etc.
Adjectives are the words that have degrees of comparison; the degrees are:
Local relief is the vertical difference in height between the highest and lowest points in a particular area.
The highest or lowest something has been in a period of five years.
states that the lowest rock in layers is the oldest and the highest is the youngest rock layer
Unoriginal Source
buy at lowest price possible, sell at highest price possible
A superlative.
Superlative
You compare adjectives and adverbs, not nouns.
the highest is up to 40 degrees and the lowest is about 20 degrees.
It is a doctorate. The following are the general degree types from lowest to highest. * Associate's degree * Bachelor's degree * Master's degree * Doctorate (highest level of academic attainment)
Hawaii has the smallest spread between highest and lowest temps.
The highest is postdoctoral or a Ph.D degree. The second highest is masters degree. Both are called 'graduate' studies. The lowest level is the bachelor's degree or your 'undergraduate degree' in college.
The master's degree is advanced coursework that typically follows the bachelor's degree. If you were to place degrees in order from lowest to highest - with few exceptions - they would be as follows. * associate * bachelor * masters * doctorate (highest level of academic attainment)
Which share had the largest difference between highest and lowest price over the last 12 months?
The relief is the difference between the highest and lowest contour line.
Range
The lowest and highest prime numbers between 1 and 100 are 2 and 97 respectively.