Quintessence vs Pinnacle - What's the difference?
quintessence | pinnacle |
A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something.
A pure substance.
The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
(alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water
(physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
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 quintessence and pinnacle
is that quintessence is a thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something while pinnacle is the highest point.As verbs the difference between quintessence and pinnacle
is that quintessence is {{cx|transitive|lang=en}} To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence while pinnacle is to put something on a pinnacle.quintessence
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(wikipedia quintessence)Noun
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* quintessential * quintessentiallyVerb
(en-verb)References
* * *pinnacle
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Noun
(en noun)- Some renowned metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles around.
