What is the difference between arena and stadium?
arena | stadium | Synonyms |
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.
A venue where sporting events are held.
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An ancient Greek race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements, equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet, 9 inches.
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A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
In surveying, a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope.
Stadium is a synonym of arena.
As nouns the difference between arena and stadium
is that arena is 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) while stadium is a venue where sporting events are held.arena
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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 .
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(wikipedia stadium)Noun
(en-noun)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate.
- Dionysiodorussent a letter ad superos after he was dead, from the centre of the earth, to signify what distance the same centre was from the superficies of the same, viz. 42,000 stadiums […].