high noon vs nadir

high noon

noun
  • A time, set out in advance, at which an important decision is to be made or a nemesis is to be confronted 

  • Exactly noon; midday (when the sun is at its highest). 

  • The zenith or apex of one's life or of a certain activity or era. 

nadir

verb
  • To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base. 

noun
  • The lowest point; time of greatest depression. 

  • The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down. 

  • The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation. 

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