Difference between Ridgepole and Ridge

Ridgepole

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a horizontal pole that supports the roof of a tent a beam along the ridge of a roof to which the rafters are attached

Ridge

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.Highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.A chain of mountains.A chain of hills.A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To form into a ridgeTo extend in ridges

Example sentence: My father-in-law has ear hair like a wolverine. It fans out from the auricles, wafting from the ridge lines like cilia, like gray feathered plumage.