culmination vs success

culmination

noun
  • Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc. 

  • The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit. 

  • Endpoint (usually good) arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period , usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something. 

  • A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school. 

success

noun
  • The achievement of one's aim or goal. 

  • Financial profitability. 

  • One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals. 

  • The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame. 

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