The difference between Column and Pillar

When used as nouns, column means a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration, whereas pillar means a large post, often used as supporting architecture.


Pillar is also verb with the meaning: to provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

check bellow for the other definitions of Column and Pillar

  1. Column as a noun (architecture):

    A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

  2. Column as a noun:

    A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.

  3. Column as a noun:

    A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.

  4. Column as a noun:

    A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.

    Examples:

    "It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns."

  5. Column as a noun:

    A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

    Examples:

    "Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week."

  6. Column as a noun (by extension):

    A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.

    Examples:

    "His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper."

  7. Column as a noun:

    Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.

  8. Column as a noun (botany):

    The gynostemium

  9. Column as a noun:

    (chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.

  1. Pillar as a noun (architecture):

    A large post, often used as supporting architecture.

  2. Pillar as a noun:

    Something resembling such a structure.

    Examples:

    "a pillar of smoke"

  3. Pillar as a noun (figuratively):

    An essential part of something that provides support.

    Examples:

    "He's a pillar of the community."

  4. Pillar as a noun (Roman Catholic):

    A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Skelton"

  5. Pillar as a noun:

    The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.

  1. Pillar as a verb:

    To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

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