pinnacle vs plateau

pinnacle

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

  • 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. 

  • The highest point. 

  • Coordinate term: sea stack 

  • A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain. 

verb
  • To place on a pinnacle. 

  • To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. 

plateau

noun
  • A notable level of attainment or achievement. 

  • A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. 

  • A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland. 

verb
  • (of a varying quantity) To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off. 

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