Landmark vs Milestone - What's the difference?
landmark | milestone | Synonyms |
A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation.
* Anyone have any weird landmarks they often remember seeing along roads in the olden days? — [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/59ea1e6fe80efd60]
A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.
* ''Putting together a list of landmarks for Bangalore was not the easiest task." — [http://www.rediff.com/travel/1996/banland.htm]
A major, important event.
* He called the overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the recent elections in Afghanistan landmark events in the history of liberty. — [http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/18/bush.troops/]
(US) To officially designate a site or building as a landmark.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 25, author=Jeff Vandam, title=Preservationists’ Rallying Cry, work=New York Times
, passage=“Permitted demolition or stripping rarely occurs on landmarked buildings,” she said. Ms. de Bourbon also noted that the city already requires the Buildings Department to hold permits for 40 days for “calendared” properties — those currently under landmarks consideration — so the commission has a chance to designate them.}}
A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
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To place milestones along (a road, etc.).
To plan out a project as a series of major steps.
Milestone is a synonym of landmark.
As nouns the difference between landmark and milestone
is that landmark is a recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation while milestone is a stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.As verbs the difference between landmark and milestone
is that landmark is to officially designate a site or building as a landmark while milestone is to place milestones along (a road, etc.).landmark
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Alternative forms
* land markNoun
(wikipedia landmark) (en noun)Verb
(en verb)citation
milestone
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(wikipedia milestone)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
