Peak vs. Pic

Peak vs. Pic — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Peak and Pic

Peaknoun

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

Picnoun

(informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.

Peaknoun

The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.

The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.

Picnoun

(informal) A film.

Peaknoun

(geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point

They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.

Picnoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;

they went to a movie every Saturday nightthe film was shot on location
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Peaknoun

(geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated

Picnoun

a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

Peaknoun

(nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail

Peaknoun

(nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.

Peaknoun

(nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

Peaknoun

(mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.

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Peakverb

To reach a highest degree or maximum.

Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.

Peakverb

To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.

Peakverb

(intransitive) To become sick or wan.

Peakverb

(intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.

Peakverb

(intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.

Peakadjective

(MLE) Bad

Peakadjective

(MLE) Unlucky; unfortunate

Peaknoun

the most extreme possible amount or value;

voltage peak

Peaknoun

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Peaknoun

the highest level or degree attainable;

his landscapes were deemed the acme of beautythe artist's gifts are at their acmeat the height of her careerthe peak of perfectionsummer was at its peak...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of famethe summit of his ambitionso many highest superlatives achieved by manat the top of his profession

Peaknoun

the top point of a mountain or hill;

the view from the peak was magnificentthey clambered to the summit of Monadnock

Peaknoun

a V shape;

the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points

Peaknoun

the highest point (of something);

at the peak of the pyramid

Peaknoun

a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;

he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead

Peakverb

to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity;

That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929

Peakadjective

of a period of maximal use or demand or activity;

at peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable

Peakadjective

approaching or constituting a maximum;

maximal temperaturemaximum speedworking at peak efficiency