Pinnacle vs Pinnace - What's the difference?
pinnacle | pinnace |
The highest point.
A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
(figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
(architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
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to put something on a pinnacle
to build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles
(nautical) A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but may also be a rowboat. Pinnaces are usually messenger boats, carrying messages among the larger ships of a fleet.
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As nouns the difference between pinnacle and pinnace
is that pinnacle is the highest point while pinnace is (nautical) a light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but may also be a rowboat pinnaces are usually messenger boats, carrying messages among the larger ships of a fleet.As a verb pinnacle
is to put something on a pinnacle.pinnacle
English
Noun
(en noun)- Some renowned metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles around.