pillar vs construction

construction vs pillar

pillar and construction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pillar	Yes	No	No	No
construction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, construction is a hypernym of pillar; that is, construction is a word with a broader meaning than pillar:

pillar: a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
construction: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

Other hypernyms of pillar include structure.

pillar (noun)	construction (noun)
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure	the act of constructing something
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
a fundamental principle or practice	drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
a prominent supporter	a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower	the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
	an interpretation of a text or action
	a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

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