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Overlapping vs Pillar - What's the difference?

overlapping | pillar |

As verbs the difference between overlapping and pillar

is that overlapping is present participle of lang=en while pillar is to provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

As nouns the difference between overlapping and pillar

is that overlapping is the situation in which things overlap while pillar is a large post, often used as supporting architecture.

As an adjective overlapping

is pertaining to something that overlaps something else.

overlapping

English

Verb

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  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to something that overlaps something else.
  • 1851' ''A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the '''overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.'' — Herman Melville, Moby Dick.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The situation in which things overlap.
  • pillar

    English

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
  • Something resembling such a structure.
  • a pillar of smoke
  • An essential part of something that provides support.
  • He's a pillar of the community.
  • (Roman Catholic) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
  • (Skelton)
  • The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
  • Synonyms

    * column, sile

    Derived terms

    * A-pillar, B-pillar, C-pillar, D-pillar * earth pillar * from pillar to post * pillar box * pillar of the community * sun pillar

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.
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  • See also

    * caterpillar

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