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Precipice vs Summit - What's the difference?

precipice | summit |

As nouns the difference between precipice and summit

is that precipice is a very steep cliff while summit is a peak; the top of a mountain.

As a verb summit is

to reach the summit of a mountain.

precipice

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A very steep cliff.
  • * 1719-
    • I resolved to remove my tent from the place where it stood, which was just under the hanging precipice of the hill; and which, if it should be shaken again, would certainly fall upon my tent...
  • The brink of a dangerous situation.
    • ''to stand on a precipice
  • (obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.

    • Synonyms

    * cliff

    Related terms

    * precipitous * precipitously * precipitousness

    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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