The difference between Peak and Throat

When used as nouns, peak means a point, whereas throat means the front part of the neck.

When used as verbs, peak means to reach a highest degree or maximum, whereas throat means to utter in or with the throat.


Peak is also adjective with the meaning: bad.

check bellow for the other definitions of Peak and Throat

  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. Throat as a noun:

    The front part of the neck.

    Examples:

    "The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat."

  2. Throat as a noun:

    The gullet or windpipe.

    Examples:

    "As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat."

  3. Throat as a noun:

    A narrow opening in a vessel.

    Examples:

    "The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle."

  4. Throat as a noun:

    Station throat.

  5. Throat as a noun:

    The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Gwilt"

  6. Throat as a noun (nautical):

    The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

  7. Throat as a noun (nautical):

    That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.

  8. Throat as a noun (nautical):

    The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  9. Throat as a noun (shipbuilding):

    The inside of a timber knee.

  10. Throat as a noun (botany):

    The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

  1. Throat as a verb (now, uncommon):

    To utter in or with the throat.

    Examples:

    "to throat threats"

    "rfquotek Chapman"

  2. Throat as a verb (informal):

    To take into the throat. .}}

  3. Throat as a verb (UK, dialect, obsolete):

    To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.