Summit vs Exposition - What's the difference?
summit | exposition |
(countable) A peak; the top of a mountain.
(countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
(transitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.
* 2012 , Kenza Moller, "Eyes on the North," Canadian Geographic , vol. 132, no. 4 (July/Aug.) p. 10:
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
The act of declaring]] or [[describe, describing something through either speech or writing.
(obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
(writing) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
(writing) An opening section in fiction, including novel, play, and movie, by which background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed.
(music) The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form
The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.
As nouns the difference between summit and exposition
is that summit is (countable) a peak; the top of a mountain while exposition is exposition (action of putting something out to public view).As a verb summit
is (transitive|hiking|climbing|colloquial) to reach the summit of a mountain.summit
English
Noun
(en noun)- In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mt. Shasta.
- They met for an international summit on environmental issues.
Usage notes
Colloquially summit' is used for only the highest point of a mountain, while in mountaineering any point that is higher than surrounding points is a '''summit , such as the South Summit of (Mount Everest). These are distinguished by (topographic prominence) as ''subsummits'' (low prominence) or ''independent summits (high prominence).Synonyms
* acme, apex, peak, zenithDerived terms
* (l) * (l)Verb
- Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited .
