The difference between Hench and Peak

When used as nouns, hench means the narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch, whereas peak means a point.

When used as verbs, hench means to be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain, whereas peak means to reach a highest degree or maximum.

When used as adjectives, hench means big, strong, and muscular, whereas peak means bad.


check bellow for the other definitions of Hench and Peak

  1. Hench as a noun (architecture):

    The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.

  2. Hench as a noun (architecture):

    The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).

  1. Hench as a verb (comics):

    To be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.

  1. Hench as an adjective (UK, slang, MLE):

    Big, strong, and muscular.

    Examples:

    "He's well hench."

    "That's a seriously hench doorman."

  1. Peak as a noun:

    A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

  2. Peak as a noun:

    The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: apex pinnacle Thesaurus:apex"

    "The stock market reached a peak in September 1929."

  3. Peak as a noun (geography):

    The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: summit top"

    "They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing."

  4. Peak as a noun (geography):

    The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.

  5. Peak as a noun (nautical):

    The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

    Examples:

    "'peak-halyards"

    "'peak-brails"

  6. Peak as a noun (nautical):

    The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.

  7. Peak as a noun (nautical):

    The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

  8. Peak as a noun (mathematics):

    A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.

  1. Peak as a verb:

    To reach a highest degree or maximum.

    Examples:

    "Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay."

  2. Peak as a verb:

    To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.

  3. Peak as a verb (nautical, transitive):

    To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.

  1. Peak as an adjective (MLE):

    Bad

  2. Peak as an adjective (MLE):

    Unlucky; unfortunate

  1. Peak as a verb (intransitive):

    To become sick or wan.

  2. Peak as a verb (intransitive):

    To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.

  3. Peak as a verb (intransitive):

    To pry; to peep slyly.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

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