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Apex vs. Summit — What's the Difference?

Apex vs. Summit — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Apex and Summit

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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

Summit

A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.

Apex

Reach a high point or climax
Melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo

Summit

The highest point of a hill or mountain
She climbed back up the path towards the summit

Apex

Turn (a corner) very close to the edge of the track
He understands when to apex a corner
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Summit

A meeting between heads of government
Two binding treaties were agreed at the summit
A summit meeting

Apex

The highest point of a structure, object, or geometric figure
The apex of a hill.
The apex of a triangle.

Summit

Reach the summit of (a mountain or hill)
In 2013, 658 climbers summited Everest
They started climbing at 3:45 a.m. and summited at 8:45 p.m.

Apex

The usually pointed end of an object; the tip
The apex of a leaf.

Summit

The highest point or part; the top.

Apex

The highest level or degree that is attained, as in a hierarchy.

Summit

The highest level or degree that can be attained.

Apex

The period of greatest achievement
Won several Olympic medals at the apex of her career.

Summit

The highest level, as of government officials.

Apex

The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The apex of the building

Summit

A conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action.

Apex

(geometry) The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.

Summit

To climb to the summit of (a mountain).

Apex

The pointed fine end of something.

Summit

To climb to the summit.

Apex

(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.

Summit

(countable) A peak; the topmost point or surface, as of a mountain.
In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.

Apex

(botany) The growing point of a shoot.

Summit

(countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

Apex

(astronomy) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
Solar apex

Summit

To reach the summit of a mountain.

Apex

(physics) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.

Summit

Something
I need to get summit to eat.

Apex

The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

Summit

The top; the highest point.
Fixed on the summit of the highest mount.

Apex

(typography):

Summit

The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.

Apex

(figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
The apex of civilization

Summit

The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.

Apex

The top of the food chain.

Summit

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

A conical priest cap.

Summit

The top point of a mountain or hill;
The view from the peak was magnificent
They clambered to the summit of Monadnock

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.

Summit

A meeting of heads of governments

Apex

The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

Summit

Reach the summit of a mountain;
Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit

Apex

The highest point (of something);
At the peak of the pyramid

Apex

The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

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