acme vs climax

acme

noun
  • Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness. 

  • A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point. 

  • A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. 

  • Full bloom or reproductive maturity. 

climax

noun
  • The final term of a rhetorical climax. 

  • A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order. 

  • The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm. 

  • A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series 

  • The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point. 

  • The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment. 

verb
  • To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense). 

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