Arena vs Atrium - What's the difference?
arena | atrium |
An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (N. America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).
The building housing such an area.
(historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
A realm in which important events unfold.
(architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
(architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
(anatomy) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
* {{quote-book, 1965, Janet Kircher Warter, Palynology of a Lignite of Lower Eocene (Wilcox) Age from Kemper County
, passage=Nexine 0.5? thick, separating from the sexine about 5? from the pore and forming a deep, well-defined atrium .}}
As nouns the difference between arena and atrium
is that arena is sand while atrium is atrium (a square hall lit from above).arena
English
Noun
- A large crowd filled the seats of the arena .
- The arena is grey with white beams.
- The gladiators entered the arena .
- The company was a player in the maritime insurance arena .
Anagrams
* ----atrium
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