column vs stilt

stilt vs column

column and stilt both are nouns.

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

As nouns, stilt is a hyponym of column; that is, stilt 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
stilt: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

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

column (noun)	stilt (noun)
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure	long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)	long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
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	one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground
any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body	a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
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 stilt

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