pinnacle vs superlative

pinnacle

noun
  • The highest point. 

  • 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. 

  • Coordinate term: sea stack 

  • A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain. 

  • An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success. 

verb
  • To place on a pinnacle. 

  • To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. 

superlative

noun
  • The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something. 

  • An adjective used to praise something exceptional. 

  • The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it. 

adj
  • Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb. 

  • Of or relating to a superlative. 

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