Difference between Summit and Pinnacle

What is the difference between Summit and Pinnacle?

Summit as a noun is a peak; the top of a mountain while Pinnacle as a noun is the highest point.

Summit

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a peak; the top of a mountain a gathering or assembly of leaders

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To reach the summit of a mountain.

Example sentence: My father blamed me for my brother Gunther's death, for not bringing him home. He died in an avalanche as we descended from the summit of Nanga Parbat, one of the 14 peaks over 8,000m, in 1970. Gunther and I did so much together. It was difficult for my father to understand what it was like up there.

Pinnacle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The highest point.A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to put something on a pinnacle

Example sentence: George Orwell is a pinnacle writer, for his combination of moral insight and literary writing.

We hope you now know whether to use Summit or Pinnacle in your sentence.

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