The difference between Peak and Summit

When used as nouns, peak means a point, whereas summit means a peak.

When used as verbs, peak means to reach a highest degree or maximum, whereas summit means to reach the summit of a mountain.


Peak is also adjective with the meaning: bad.

Summit is also pronoun with the meaning: something.

check bellow for the other definitions of Peak and Summit

  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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  1. Summit as a noun (countable):

    A peak; the topmost point or surface, as of a mountain.

    Examples:

    "In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta."

  2. Summit as a noun (countable):

    A gathering or assembly of leaders.

    Examples:

    "They met for an international summit on environmental issues."

  1. Summit as a verb (transitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial):

    To reach the summit of a mountain.

  1. Summit as a pronoun (Northern England, Yorkshire):

    Something

    Examples:

    "usex I need to get summit to eat."

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