different between accomplishment vs culmination

accomplishment

English

Etymology

  • First attested in the early 15th century.
  • (completes, perfects, equips): First attested around 1600.
  • accomplish +? -ment
  • Borrowed from French accomplissement, from accomplir

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?.?k?m.pl??.m?nt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?.?k?m.pl??.m?nt/

Noun

accomplishment (countable and uncountable, plural accomplishments)

  1. The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
  2. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
  3. Something accomplished; an achievement.
  4. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.

Translations

Further reading

  • accomplishment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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culmination

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion.Morphologically culminate +? -ion

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?k?lm??ne???n/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /?k?l.m?n?e?.??n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

culmination (countable and uncountable, plural culminations)

  1. (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
  2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:apex

Related terms

  • culminate

Translations

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