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Summit vs Surmount - What's the difference?

summit | surmount |

As verbs the difference between summit and surmount

is that summit is to reach the summit of a mountain while surmount is to get over; to overcome.

As a noun summit

is a peak; the top 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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    surmount

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to get over; to overcome
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 10.
    • this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art

    Related terms

    * surmountable * insurmountable

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