Tenerife in the Canaries is dominated by the central mountain peak which rises to a point. The opposite of table mountain in South Africa which is flat. My husband and I have been debating the difference between a peak and a mountain. Can one point be the highest peak but not a highest mountain, or vice versa, and is it the same in all languages?
I see a mountain as being like Table Top, gently sloping to you can walk or ride a car, with buildings and towns at the base and half way up and at the top. However, I see a peak as being a point, like a spire, a crag, which you can scale only by artificial means. Peaks as jagged bit of rock, usually higher. Peak means the top. The point.
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