pole vs stilt

pole and stilt both are nouns.

pole is a verb but stilt is not a verb.

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

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

pole: a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
stilt: one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground

Other hyponyms of pole include barge pole, boom, microphone boom, caber, clothes tree, coat stand, coat tree, mast, ski pole, spar.

pole (noun)	stilt (noun)
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic	long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated	long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting	one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves	a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
a linear measure of 16.5 feet
a square rod of land

pole (verb)	stilt (verb)
deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
propel with a pole
support on poles

Difference between pole and stilt

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