pillar vs stilt

stilt vs pillar

pillar and stilt both are nouns.

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

As nouns, stilt is a hyponym of pillar; that is, stilt is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pillar:

pillar: (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 pillar include atlas, telamon, caryatid, newel, pilaster, pile, piling, spile, support column.

pillar (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 fundamental principle or practice	one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground
a prominent supporter	a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

Difference between pillar and stilt

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