different between pinnacle vs heyday

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnaculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), double diminutive of Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n?k?l/

Noun

pinnacle (plural pinnacles)

1. The highest point.

   Synonyms: acme, peak, summit

   Antonym: nadir

2. (geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.

   Coordinate term: sea stack

3. (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:apex
4. (architecture) 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.

Translations

Verb

pinnacle (third-person singular simple present pinnacles, present participle pinnacling, simple past and past participle pinnacled)

1. (transitive) To place on a pinnacle.
2. (transitive) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
   • 1782, Thomas Warton, The History and Antiquities of Kiddington

     The pediment of the Southern Transept is pinnacled, not inelegantly, with a flourished cross

Translations

Further reading

• pinnacle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pinnacle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• pannicle

English

Etymology

Late 16th century, from earlier heyda (1520s), as exclamation – compare hey, hei. Sense “period of success, vigor” from 1751, which respelt as heyday based on unrelated day (as “period of time”) – compare day in the sun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?he?de?/
• Rhymes: -e?de?

Noun

heyday (plural heydays)

1. A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.

   The early twentieth century was the heyday of the steam locomotive.

2. (archaic) An exultation of the spirits; gaiety; frolic.

Synonyms

• day in the sun
• golden age
• golden years

Related terms

• hey

Translations

Interjection

heyday

1. A lively greeting.
   • 1798, Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey:

     "Heyday, Miss Morland!" said he. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together."

2. (obsolete) An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
   • 1600, Ben Jonson - Cynthia's Revels :

     "Come follow me, my wags, and say, as I say. There's no riches but in rags; hey day, hey day, &c."

   • Here Jones, having ordered a servant to show a room above stairs, was ascending, when the dishevelled fair, hastily following, was laid hold on by the master of the house, who cried, “Heyday, where is that beggar wench going? Stay below stairs, I desire you.”

Synonyms

• (greeting): See Thesaurus:hello
• (expression of wonder): See Thesaurus:wow

References