Stanchion vs Column - What's the difference?
stanchion | column |
A vertical pole, post, or support.
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*:He staggers against a stanchion , trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.
A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.
To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.
(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 stanchion and column
is that stanchion is a vertical pole, post, or support 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 stanchion
is to erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.stanchion
English
(wikipedia stanchion)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)References
*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.}}