Pinnacle vs. Zenith
Difference Between Pinnacle and Zenith
Pinnaclenoun
The highest point.
Zenithnoun
(astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
Pinnaclenoun
A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
Zenithnoun
(astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
Pinnaclenoun
(figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
Zenithnoun
(by extension) Highest point or state; peak.
Pinnaclenoun
(architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
Zenithnoun
the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
Pinnacleverb
To put something on a pinnacle.
Pinnacleverb
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
Pinnaclenoun
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
Pinnaclenoun
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 professionPinnaclenoun
a lofty peak
Pinnacleverb
surmount with a pinnacle;
pinnacle a pedimentPinnacleverb
raise on or as if on a pinnacle;
He did not want to be pinnacled
