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Hilltop vs Rooftop - What's the difference?

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Hilltop is a related term of rooftop.


As nouns the difference between hilltop and rooftop

is that hilltop is the peak or crest of a hill while rooftop is (somewhat formal) the area atop a roof.

As an adjective rooftop is

atop a roof; on a roof.

hilltop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The peak or crest of a hill.
  • *1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
  • *:The territory should be small enough to be surveyed in its entirety from a hilltop .

    • Usage notes

    * used attributively is phrases such as "a hilltop house"

    rooftop

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Atop a roof; on a roof
    • In recent years, we've seen Bangkok become the unofficial rooftop bar capital of the world.
  • :: —Thailand's Islands and Beaches , Lonely Planet

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (somewhat formal) The area atop a roof
    • Why do you think the rooftop of their apartment building is called "tar beach"? (Answers may vary.)
  • :: —Multicultural Books for Primary Grades , Liz Rothlein
  • the top layer of a roof, the material covering or composing a roof
    • The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop .
  • :: —The Chocolate Shop Perverts , Ernest Alanki

    • Usage notes

    As it refers specifically to the area atop the roof or to the top area of the roof, "rooftop" is not always synonymous with the entire "roof". For instance, "the rooftop blew off the house" would (probably unintentionally) imply some lower level of the roof remained. Compare similar location words such as desktop.

    Synonyms

    * roof

    Related terms

    * desktop * hilltop * housetop * mountaintop * tabletop * treetop

    Derived terms

    * shout from the rooftops * rooftop of the world, an epithet of Tibet