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Cylindrical vs Columnar - What's the difference?

cylindrical | columnar |

As adjectives the difference between cylindrical and columnar

is that cylindrical is shaped like a cylinder while columnar is having the shape of a column.

cylindrical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shaped like a cylinder.

    • Derived terms

    * cylindrically

    columnar

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the shape of a column.
  • Constructed with columns.

    • Derived terms

    * subcolumnar