column vs newel

newel vs column

column and newel both are nouns.

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

As nouns, newel is a hyponym of column; that is, newel 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
newel: the central pillar of a circular staircase

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

column (noun)	newel (noun)
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure	the central pillar of a circular staircase
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)	the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail
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 newel

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