column vs atlas

atlas vs column

column and atlas both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
column	Yes	No	No	No
atlas	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, atlas is a hyponym of column; that is, atlas is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than column:

column: (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
atlas: a figure of a man used as a supporting column

Other hyponyms of column include telamon, caryatid, newel, pilaster, pile, piling, spile, stilt, support column.

column (noun)	atlas (noun)
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure	a figure of a man used as a supporting column
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)	the 1st cervical vertebra
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	a collection of maps in book form
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 atlas

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