Apex vs. Pinnacle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Apex and Pinnacle
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Apex
A system of reduced fares for scheduled airline flights and railway journeys which must be booked and paid for before a certain period in advance of departure
Apex fares
Pinnacle
A pinnacle is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many other situations. The pinnacle looks like a small spire.
Apex
Reach a high point or climax
Melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo
Pinnacle
The most successful point; the culmination
He had reached the pinnacle of his career
Apex
Turn (a corner) very close to the edge of the track
He understands when to apex a corner
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Pinnacle
A high, pointed piece of rock.
Apex
The highest point of a structure, object, or geometric figure
The apex of a hill.
The apex of a triangle.
Pinnacle
Form the culminating point or example of.
Apex
The usually pointed end of an object; the tip
The apex of a leaf.
Pinnacle
Set on or as if on a pinnacle.
Apex
The highest level or degree that is attained, as in a hierarchy.
Pinnacle
(Architecture) A small turret or spire on a roof or buttress.
Apex
The period of greatest achievement
Won several Olympic medals at the apex of her career.
Pinnacle
A tall pointed formation, such as a mountain peak.
Apex
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The apex of the building
Pinnacle
The highest point; the culmination.
Apex
(geometry) The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
Pinnacle
To furnish with a pinnacle.
Apex
The pointed fine end of something.
Pinnacle
To place on or as if on a pinnacle.
Apex
(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
Pinnacle
The highest point.
Apex
(botany) The growing point of a shoot.
Pinnacle
(geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
Sea stack
Apex
(astronomy) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
Solar apex
Pinnacle
(figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
Apex
(physics) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
Pinnacle
(architectural element) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
Apex
The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
Pinnacle
(transitive) To place on a pinnacle.
Apex
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Pinnacle
(transitive) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
Apex
(figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
The apex of civilization
Pinnacle
An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, - used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.
Some renowned metropolisWith glistering spires and pinnacles around.
Apex
The top of the food chain.
Pinnacle
Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
Three silent pinnacles of aged snow.
The slippery tops of human state,The gilded pinnacles of fate.
Apex
A conical priest cap.
Pinnacle
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
Apex
The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.
Pinnacle
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
Apex
The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
Pinnacle
The highest level or degree attainable;
His landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
The artist's gifts are at their acme
At the height of her career
The peak of perfection
Summer was at its peak
...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
The summit of his ambition
So many highest superlatives achieved by man
At the top of his profession
Apex
The highest point (of something);
At the peak of the pyramid
Pinnacle
A lofty peak
Apex
The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
Pinnacle
Surmount with a pinnacle;
Pinnacle a pediment
Pinnacle
Raise on or as if on a pinnacle;
He did not want to be pinnacled
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