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Ridge vs Summit - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ridge and summit

is that ridge is the back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped while summit is a peak; the top of a mountain.

As verbs the difference between ridge and summit

is that ridge is to form into a ridge while summit is to reach the summit of a mountain.

As a proper noun Ridge

is {{surname|from=Middle English}} after a natural landscape feature.

ridge

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (dialectal)

Noun

(wikipedia ridge) (en noun)
  • (lb) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
  • :(Hudibras)
  • Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
  • The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
  • *
  • *:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
  • The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , chapter=26, title= The Dust of Conflict , passage=Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.}}
  • (lb) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
  • :(Stocqueler)
  • A chain of mountains.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:the frozen ridges of the Alps
  • A chain of hills.
  • A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
  • (lb) A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.

    • Derived terms

    * combing ridge * ridge course * ridgy

    Verb

    (ridg)
  • To form into a ridge
  • To extend in ridges

    • Related terms

    * Rhodesian Ridgeback

    See also

    * crest

    Anagrams

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    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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