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Hilltop vs Summit - What's the difference?

hilltop | summit |

As nouns the difference between hilltop and summit

is that hilltop is the peak or crest of a hill 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.

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"

    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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