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Pyramidal vs Matterhorn - What's the difference?

pyramidal | matterhorn |

As an adjective pyramidal

is (geometry) pyramid-shaped.

As a noun pyramidal

is (anatomy) one of the carpal bones.

As a proper noun matterhorn is

an iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of switzerland and italy.

pyramidal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (geometry) Pyramid-shaped.
  • (crystallography) tetragonal

    • Derived terms

    * pyramidally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) One of the carpal bones.

    • Related terms

    * cuneiform ----

    matterhorn

    English

    (wikipedia Matterhorn)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
  • (by extension) Something difficult to achieve or to surmount.
  • * 1970 , ''Where Do We Stand Now?" by Henry J. Taylor, Prescott Evening Courier - Aug 14, 1970
    • A second feature is the Matterhorn of inflation that dominates the scene. The average postwar recession showed a 1.4 per cent decline in industrial wholesale prices.
  • * 2012 , Hedge your Bets in the Peak Oil Debate , by Richard Heinberg:
    • Meanwhile, soaring oil prices and plummeting real energy yields from liquid fuels have already left economic carnage in their wake, as a fragile global financial system perched on a Matterhorn of debt has been dealt blow after blow by the failure of the real economy to expand as expected.