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Cusp vs Summit - What's the difference?

cusp | summit |

As nouns the difference between cusp and summit

is that cusp is a sharp point or pointed end while summit is (countable) a peak; the top of a mountain.

As a verb summit is

(transitive|hiking|climbing|colloquial) to reach the summit of a mountain.

cusp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sharp point or pointed end.
  • (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their 5-0 mauling at the hands of the north London club in February.
    But a sixth successive Premier League win puts them on the cusp of European football next season as they surged 15 points clear of seventh-placed Everton, who have five games left to play.}}
  • (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
  • (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures. A common motif in Gothic architecture.Russell Sturgis, ed. (1902). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building: Biographical, Historical, and Descriptive . 3. Macmillan.
  • (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
  • (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.

    • Derived terms

    * cuspate * cusp form * cusp neighborhood, cusp neighbourhood * cusped

    Related terms

    * bicuspid * cusper * cuspid * tricuspid

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    summit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) A peak; the top of a mountain.
    • In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mt. Shasta.
  • (countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
    • 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, zenith

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Verb

  • (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:
    • Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited .

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