Perking vs. Peaking
Difference Between Perking and Peaking
Perking➦
To stick up or jut out
dogs' ears that perk.
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Peaking➦
A tapering, projecting point; a pointed extremity
the peak of a cap.
the peak of a roof.
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Perking➦
To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner.
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Peaking➦
The pointed summit of a mountain.
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Perking➦
To cause to stick up quickly
The dog perked its ears at the noise.
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Peaking➦
The mountain itself.
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Perking➦
To percolate
The coffee was perking on the stove.
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Peaking➦
The point of a beard.
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Perking➦
Perky.
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Peaking➦
A widow's peak.
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Perking➦
present participle of perk
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Peaking➦
The point of greatest development, value, or intensity
a novel written at the peak of the writer's career.
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Perking➦
The act of something being perked.
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Peaking➦
(Physics) The highest value attained by a varying quantity
a peak in current.
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Peaking➦
The narrow portion of a ship's hull at the bow or stern.
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Peaking➦
The upper aft corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
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Peaking➦
The outermost end of a gaff.
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Peaking➦
(Nautical) To raise (a gaff) above the horizontal.
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Peaking➦
To bring to a maximum of development, value, or intensity.
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Peaking➦
To be formed into a peak or peaks
Beat the egg whites until they peak.
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Peaking➦
To achieve a maximum of development, value, or intensity
Sales tend to peak just before the holidays.
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Peaking➦
To become sickly, emaciated, or pale.
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Peaking➦
Approaching or constituting the maximum
working at peak efficiency.
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Peaking➦
present participle of peak
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Peaking➦
The act of something reaching a peak.
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Peaking➦
peaky; sickly; pining
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Peaking➦
Mean; sneaking.
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Peaking➦
Pining; sickly; peakish.
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