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Plinth vs Baseboard - What's the difference?

plinth | baseboard |

As nouns the difference between plinth and baseboard

is that plinth is a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based while baseboard is (us|finish carpentry|interior decorating) a panel or molding between the floor and the interior wall of a structure.

plinth

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
  • The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall.
  • A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

    • baseboard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, finish carpentry, interior decorating) A panel or molding between the floor and the interior wall of a structure
  • (US) A similar panel at the base of a piece of furniture or equipment.

    • Synonyms

    * skirting board (UK)

    Derived terms

    * baseboard heating

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