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Apex vs Extremity - What's the difference?

apex | extremity |

As nouns the difference between apex and extremity

is that apex is the highest point of something while extremity is the most extreme or furthest point of something.

apex

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The highest point of something.
  • the apex of the building
  • (label) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
  • the apex of civilization
  • * 2002 , , WIGU adventures
  • It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.
  • (label) The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).
  • The pointed end of something.
  • # The lowest part of the human heart.
  • # The deepest part of a tooth's root.
  • (label) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.
  • (label) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
  • (label) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
  • The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
  • (label) A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
  • (label) A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates .
  • Synonyms

    * (highest point) peak, top, summit * acme, culmination, height, peak, pinnacle * (pointed end) end, tip * See also

    extremity

    English

    Noun

    (extremities)
  • The most extreme or furthest point of something.
  • An extreme measure.
  • A hand or foot.
  • causes one to not be able to move one's extremities .
  • A limb (major appendage of human or animal such as a leg an arm or a wing)
  • Synonyms

    * (furthest point of something) tip * (major appendage of human or animal) limb