different between crest vs hilltop

English

Etymology

From Middle English creste, borrowed from Old French creste (modern crête), from Latin crista. Doublet of crista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

crest (plural crests)

1. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
2. A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
3. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
4. (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
5. The upper curve of a horse's neck.
6. The ridge or top of a wave.

7. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
8. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
9. The top line of a slope or embankment.
10. (anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
11. (informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
12. Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.

Synonyms

• (skin on head of birds): comb, cockscomb

Coordinate terms

• (skin on head of birds): caruncle, snood, wattle

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Verb

crest (third-person singular simple present crests, present participle cresting, simple past and past participle crested)

1. (intransitive) Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
2. (transitive) To reach the crest of (a hill or mountain)
3. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
   • 1815, William Wordsworth, Extracts from An Evening Walk

     groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow

4. To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.

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Anagrams

• RTECS, certs

English

Etymology

From hill +? top.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?lt?p/

Noun

hilltop (plural hilltops)

1. The peak or crest of a hill.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:

     The territory should be small enough to be surveyed in its entirety from a hilltop.

Usage notes

• used attributively in phrases such as "a hilltop house"

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