column vs Indian file

Indian file vs column

column and Indian file both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
column	Yes	No	No	No
Indian file	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Indian file is a hypernym of column; that is, Indian file is a word with a broader meaning than column:

column: a line of units following one after another
Indian file: a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

Other hypernyms of column include file, single file.

column (noun)	Indian file (noun)
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure	a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
an article giving opinions or perspectives
a page or text that is vertically divided
a line of units following one after another
a vertical array of numbers or other information
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

Difference between column and Indian file

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