Summit vs Congress - What's the difference?
summit | congress |
(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:
(archaic) A coming-together of two or more people; a meeting.
*, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:
A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
(often capitalized: Congress ) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
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As a noun summit
is (countable) a peak; the top of a mountain.As a verb summit
is (transitive|hiking|climbing|colloquial) to reach the summit of a mountain.As a proper noun congress is
the two legislative bodies of the united states: the house of representatives, and the senate.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 .
Anagrams
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English
Noun
(es)- After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress .
- The National Congress of American Indians
