Paragraph vs Column - What's the difference?
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A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.
(originally) A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
(architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
(label) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
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As nouns the difference between paragraph and column
is that paragraph is a passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented while column is a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.As a verb paragraph
is to sort text into paragraphs.paragraph
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(wikipedia paragraph) (en noun)column
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(wikipedia column)Noun
(en noun)The Lonely Pyramid, passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}