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Obelisk vs Obelisklike - What's the difference?

obelisk | obelisklike |

As a noun obelisk

is obelisk (a tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point).

As an adjective obelisklike is

resembling an obelisk.

obelisk

English

(wikipedia obelisk)

Alternative forms

* obelisc

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author= , title=The Washington Monument , volume=100, issue=1, page=16 , magazine= citation , passage=The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk', and sometimes even as a “true '''obelisk''',” even though it is not. A true ' obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.}}
  • (printing) The dagger sign (†), especially when used as a reference mark.

    • See also

    * menhir * pillar ----

    obelisklike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling an obelisk.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 20, author=Robin Finn, title=When Brush With Broadway Ends, She’ll Play On, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=She just happens to have both in her dressing room, a personalized nook she has decorated with an Oriental theme: hanging paper lanterns, tiny colored lights and a pricey obelisklike lamp from a splurge downtown at the Pearl River shop. }}