Promontory vs Pinnacle - What's the difference?
promontory | pinnacle |
A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
(anatomy) A projecting part of the body.
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.
* Milton
to put something on a pinnacle
to build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles
As nouns the difference between promontory and pinnacle
is that promontory is a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff while pinnacle is the highest point.As a verb pinnacle is
to put something on a pinnacle.promontory
English
Noun
(promontories)Synonyms
* headland * hoepinnacle
English
Noun
(en noun)- Some renowned metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles around.