Peak vs. Summit

Peak and Summit Definitions
Peak
A tapering, projecting point; a pointed extremity
The peak of a cap.
The peak of a roof.
Summit
The highest point or part; the top.
Peak
The pointed summit of a mountain.
Summit
The highest level or degree that can be attained.
Peak
The mountain itself.
Summit
The highest level, as of government officials.
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Peak
The point of a beard.
Summit
A conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action.
Peak
A widow's peak.
Summit
To climb to the summit of (a mountain).
Peak
The point of greatest development, value, or intensity
A novel written at the peak of the writer's career.
Summit
To climb to the summit.
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Peak
(Physics) The highest value attained by a varying quantity
A peak in current.
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.
Peak
The narrow portion of a ship's hull at the bow or stern.
Summit
(countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
They met for an international summit on environmental issues.
Peak
The upper aft corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
Summit
To reach the summit of a mountain.
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Peak
The outermost end of a gaff.
Summit
Something
I need to get summit to eat.
Peak
(Nautical) To raise (a gaff) above the horizontal.
Summit
The top; the highest point.
Fixed on the summit of the highest mount.
Peak
To bring to a maximum of development, value, or intensity.
Summit
The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.
Peak
To be formed into a peak or peaks
Beat the egg whites until they peak.
Summit
The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.
Peak
To achieve a maximum of development, value, or intensity
Sales tend to peak just before the holidays.
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
Peak
To become sickly, emaciated, or pale.
Summit
The top point of a mountain or hill;
The view from the peak was magnificent
They clambered to the summit of Monadnock
Peak
Approaching or constituting the maximum
Working at peak efficiency.
Summit
A meeting of heads of governments
Peak
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
Summit
Reach the summit of a mountain;
Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit
Peak
The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.
Peak
(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.
Peak
(geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
Peak
(nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
Peak
(nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
Peak
(nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
Peak
(mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
Peak
To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
Peak
(intransitive)
Peak
To reach a highest degree or maximum.
Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.
Peak
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
Peak
To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of peak trans).
Peak
(intransitive) To become sick or wan.
Peak
(intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
Peak
(intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
Peak
At the greatest extent; maximum.
Peak oil, Peak TV
Peak
(slang) Maximal, quintessential, archetypical; representing the culmination of its type.
Knowing obscure 19th-century slang is peak nerd.
Peak
(MLE) Bad.
Peak
(MLE) Unlucky; unfortunate.
You didn't get a spot? That's peak.
Peak
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
Peak
The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.
Silent upon a peak in Darien.
Peak
The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; - used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
Peak
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
There peaketh up a mighty high mount.
Peak
To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX model peaked at 20,000 per year.
Peak
To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
Peak
To pry; to peep slyly.
Peak
To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.
Peak
The most extreme possible amount or value;
Voltage peak
Peak
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Peak
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
Peak
The top point of a mountain or hill;
The view from the peak was magnificent
They clambered to the summit of Monadnock
Peak
A V shape;
The cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points
Peak
The highest point (of something);
At the peak of the pyramid
Peak
A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;
He pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead
Peak
To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity;
That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929
Peak
Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity;
At peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable
Peak
Approaching or constituting a maximum;
Maximal temperature
Maximum speed
Working at peak efficiency