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Culmination vs Eminence - What's the difference?

culmination | eminence |

As nouns the difference between culmination and eminence

is that culmination is (astronomy) the attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit while eminence is importance, notoriety.

culmination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
  • Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    eminence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone of high rank, reputation or social station
  • the quality or state of being eminent
  • prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem
  • (geology) an elevated land area or a hill
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy :
  • From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].
  • (anatomy) a protuberance
  • Synonyms

    * distinction * prominence * renown * celebrity

    Derived terms

    * Eminence (your Eminence ), title of honor for a cardinal