Pinnacle vs. Summit

Pinnaclenoun

The highest point.

Pinnaclenoun

A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.

Pinnaclenoun

(figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.

Pinnaclenoun

(architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

Pinnacleverb

To put something on a pinnacle.

Pinnacleverb

To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

Pinnaclenoun

An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, - used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.

Pinnaclenoun

Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.

Pinnacleverb

To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

Pinnaclenoun

(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower

Pinnaclenoun

the highest level or degree attainable;

Pinnaclenoun

a lofty peak

Pinnacleverb

surmount with a pinnacle;

Pinnacleverb

raise on or as if on a pinnacle;

Pinnaclenoun

the most successful point; the culmination

Pinnaclenoun

a high, pointed piece of rock.

Pinnaclenoun

a small pointed turret built as an ornament on a roof.

Pinnacleverb

form the culminating point or example of.

Pinnacleverb

set on or as if on a pinnacle.

Pinnacle

A pinnacle is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many other situations. The pinnacle looks like a small spire.

Summitnoun

(countable) A peak; the topmost point or surface, as of a mountain.

Summitnoun

(countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.

Summitverb

To reach the summit of a mountain.

Summitpronoun

Something

Summitnoun

The top; the highest point.

Summitnoun

The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.

Summitnoun

The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.

Summitnoun

the highest level or degree attainable;

Summitnoun

the top point of a mountain or hill;

Summitnoun

a meeting of heads of governments

Summitverb

reach the summit of a mountain;

Summitnoun

the highest point of a hill or mountain

Summitnoun

the highest attainable level of achievement

Summitnoun

a meeting between heads of government

Summitverb

reach the summit of (a mountain or hill)

Summit

A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.