Can the same heel height feel differently?

[heelma]

This might be a repetition of something that has been discussed here before. I am attaching a self-made cartoon of two shoes that have the same heel height but that have a slightly different heel design. On the one, the heel goes pretty much steep down vertically from the back. On the other one (right), the heel "bends forward" a bit and thus touches the ground a bit further in the front than the left one. Can it be that the left one (vertical heel design) feels higher than the right one? Isn't there even a term for how the heel is designed?

[Histiletto]

Yes! The longer the distance is from the back of the heel tip to the ball joints of the toes, the greater the time needed to properly land the toebox. This usually results in the clapping or slapping sound as the toebox lands. The greater the distance, the louder the sound. It reminds me of the sound a young child makes when they are learning to walk and they just started to wear their first pair of shoes.

[onyourtoes]

Yes! The longer the distance is from the back of the heel tip to the ball joints of the toes, the greater the time needed to properly land the toebox...

I think OP might have meant the feeling of just standing there. But, I agree with Histiletto that a heel that is slanted/curved under the foot is easier to walk in. Perhaps not a straight line correlation, but the effective height for walking is close to the vertical distance from the back of the heel to the foot (or an imaginary extension of the sole line if the heel back is behind the foot).

I'll get that darned formula working yet...

[roniheels]

I am anything but scientific, but from personal experience I have worn two different styles of high heels with the same heel height and they both felt different. Again what all of you said about the stlye, the heel, and how it is put together.