Summit vs Backshot - What's the difference?
summit | backshot |
(countable) A peak; the top of a mountain.
(countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
(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 a water wheel) Having the water introduced just behind the summit, combining the advantages of breastshot and overshot systems, since the full amount of the potential energy released by the falling water is harnessed as the water descends the back of the wheel.
As nouns the difference between summit and backshot
is that summit is (countable) a peak; the top of a mountain while backshot is (chiefly|sport).As a verb summit
is (transitive|hiking|climbing|colloquial) to reach the summit of a mountain.As an adjective backshot is
(of a water wheel) having the water introduced just behind the summit, combining the advantages of breastshot and overshot systems, since the full amount of the potential energy released by the falling water is harnessed as the water descends the back of the wheel.summit
English
Noun
(en noun)- In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mt. Shasta.
- 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, zenithDerived terms
* (l) * (l)Verb
- Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited .