column vs upright

upright vs column

column and upright both are nouns.

column is not an adjective while upright is an adjective.

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

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

column: (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
upright: a vertical structural member as a post or stake

Other hypernyms of column include vertical.

column (noun)	upright (noun)
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure	a piano with a vertical sounding board
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)	a vertical structural member as a post or stake
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

column (adjective)	upright (adjective)
	upright in position or posture
	of moral excellence
	in a vertical position; not sloping

Difference between column and upright

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