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Lectern vs Plinth - What's the difference?

lectern | plinth |

As nouns the difference between lectern and plinth

is that lectern is a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service while plinth is a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.

lectern

English

(wikipedia lectern)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.
  • A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.

    • Usage notes

    While (podium) is a more commonly used synonym, particularly for secular lecturing, some reject this usage and instead insist on lectern – see .

    Synonyms

    * podium

    Related terms

    * lection * lecture * lector * lesson

    References

    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.