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
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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.
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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."
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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."
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Peak as a noun (geography):
The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
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Peak as a noun (nautical):
The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
Examples:
"'peak-halyards"
"'peak-brails"
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Peak as a noun (nautical):
The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
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Peak as a noun (nautical):
The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
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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.
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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."
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Peak as a verb:
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
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Peak as a verb (nautical, transitive):
To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
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Peak as an adjective (MLE):
Bad
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Peak as an adjective (MLE):
Unlucky; unfortunate
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Peak as a verb (intransitive):
To become sick or wan.
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Peak as a verb (intransitive):
To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
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Peak as a verb (intransitive):
To pry; to peep slyly.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Peak as a noun:
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Peak as a verb:
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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."
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Summit as a noun (countable):
A gathering or assembly of leaders.
Examples:
"They met for an international summit on environmental issues."
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Summit as a verb (transitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial):
To reach the summit of a mountain.
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Summit as a pronoun (Northern England, Yorkshire):
Something
Examples:
"usex I need to get summit to eat."