column vs pilaster

pilaster vs column

column and pilaster both are nouns.

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

As nouns, pilaster is a hyponym of column; that is, pilaster 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
pilaster: a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached

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

column (noun)	pilaster (noun)
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure	a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached
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 pilaster

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