Mountaintop vs Height - What's the difference?
mountaintop | height |
Situated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.
The distance from the base of something to the top.
* Robert Frost
* , chapter=5
, title= The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
The highest point or maximum degree.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn
, work=BBC Sport (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
As nouns the difference between mountaintop and height
is that mountaintop is the summit of a mountain while height is the distance from the base of something to the top.As an adjective mountaintop
is situated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.mountaintop
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Derived terms
* mountaintopismAdjective
(-)height
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Alternative forms
* highth * heighthNoun
- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
citation, passage=If City never quite reached the heights of their 6-1 demolition of United, then Roberto Mancini's side should still have had this game safe long before Johnson restored their two-goal advantage.}}
