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Mountain vs. Summit — What's the Difference?

Mountain vs. Summit — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Mountain and Summit

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Mountain

A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. A mountain differs from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is larger than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1000 feet) above the surrounding land.

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.

Mountain

Abbr. Mt. or Mtn. A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.

Summit

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

Mountain

A large heap
A mountain of laundry.
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Summit

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

Mountain

A huge quantity
A mountain of trouble.

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.

Mountain

(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains.

Summit

The highest point or part; the top.

Mountain

(countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
He was a real mountain of a man, standing seven feet tall.
There's still a mountain of work to do.

Summit

The highest level or degree that can be attained.

Mountain

(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.

Summit

The highest level, as of government officials.

Mountain

Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.

Summit

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

Mountain

A woman's large breast.

Summit

To climb to the summit of (a mountain).

Mountain

(cartomancy) The twenty-first Lenormand card.

Summit

To climb to the summit.

Mountain

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount.

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.

Mountain

A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains.

Summit

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

Mountain

A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk; a large quantity.
I should have been a mountain of mummy.

Summit

To reach the summit of a mountain.

Mountain

Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.

Summit

Something
I need to get summit to eat.

Mountain

Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
The high, the mountain majesty of worth.

Summit

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

Mountain

A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

Summit

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

Mountain

A large number or amount;
Made lots of new friends
She amassed a mountain of newspapers

Summit

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

Mountain

Relating to or located in mountains;
Mountain people

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

Summit

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

Summit

A meeting of heads of governments

Summit

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

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