high noon vs noontide

high noon

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

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

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

noontide

noun
  • midday, noon 

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