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Summit vs Apogee - What's the difference?

summit | apogee |

As nouns the difference between summit and apogee

is that summit is (countable) a peak; the top of a mountain while apogee is apogee (a point in an orbit around the earth).

As a verb summit

is (transitive|hiking|climbing|colloquial) to reach the summit of a mountain.

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 .

    Anagrams

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    apogee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is furthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
  • (astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.
  • * 1995 , John H. Rogers, The Giant Planet Jupiter , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-41008-3, page 335:
    • Conjunctions of I and II [Io and Europa] occur when they are near perigee and apogee respectively; conjunctions of II and III [Europa and Ganymede] occur when II [Europa] is near perigee.
  • * 2002 , Serge Brunier, Solar System Voyage , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-80724-1, page 36:
    • The resolution of the images obtained by this American probe [Messenger] will depend on its altitude [above Mercury] at any one time: about ten meters at perigee (200km altitude), but only one 1 km at apogee (15000km).
  • * 2010 , Ruth Walker and Mary M. Shaffrey et al., Exploring Space: The High Frontier , Jones & Bartlett Learning, ISBN 978-0-7637-8961-9, page 129:
    • [Nereid’s] apogee —farthest point from Neptune—is five times the distance of its perigee—its closest point.
  • (possibly, archaic, outside, astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is furthest from the Earth.
  • (figuratively) The highest point.
  • * 2004 March 22, :
    • The cult of the chief executive reached its apogee in the nineteen-nineties, a period when C.E.O.s seemed not so much to serve their companies as to embody them.
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    • Synonyms

    * (point in an orbit) apocenter, apoapsis, apsis * (highest point or state) acme, culmination, pinnacle, zenith, climax * See also

    Antonyms

    * (a point in an orbit) periapsis * (a point in an orbit around the Earth) perigee * (highest point) nadir, perigee *: perigee is the etymological antonym (from Ancient Greek).

    Related terms

    * (astronomy) apastron, aphelion