Highlight vs Apex - What's the difference?
highlight | apex |
An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
An especially significant or interesting detail or event.
(cosmetology) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
To make prominent; emphasize.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 21
, author=Helen Pidd
, title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis
, work=the Guardian
To be a highlight of.
To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
The highest point of something.
(label) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
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(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 .
As nouns the difference between highlight and apex
is that highlight is an area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated while apex is apex.As a verb highlight
is to make prominent; emphasize.highlight
English
Alternative forms
* hilite (informal)Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* (especially significant or interesting detail or event) lowlightVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=The Guardian has spoken to dozens of Europeans who have left, or are planning to leave. Their stories highlight surprising new migration routes – from Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth, Barcelona to Buenos Aires – as well as more traditional migration patterns.}}
apex
English
Noun
(en-noun)- the apex of the building
- the apex of civilization
WIGU adventures
- It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.