Denouement vs. Culmination — What's the Difference?

The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot.

In observational astronomy, culmination is the transit of a celestial object (the Sun, the Moon, a planet, a star, constellation or a deep-sky object) across the observer's local meridian. These events were also known as meridian transits, used in timekeeping and navigation, and measured precisely using a transit telescope.

The events following the climax of a drama or novel in which such a resolution or clarification takes place.

To reach the highest point or degree; climax

The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result.

To come to completion; end

Alternative spelling of dénouement

(Astronomy) To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.

The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax

The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.

(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.

The outcome of a complex sequence of events

(UK) Endpoint (usually good) arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period , usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.

The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work

(US) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

(US) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school.

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.

Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

A final climactic stage;

(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

The decisive moment in a novel or play;

A concluding action