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Pagod vs Pagoda - What's the difference?

pagod | pagoda |

As nouns the difference between pagod and pagoda

is that pagod is obsolete form of pagoda while pagoda is an Asian religious building, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a shrine or temple.

pagod

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Some queer pagod .
  • (obsolete) An idol.
  • * Bishop Stillingfleet
  • They worship idols called pagods , after such a terrible representation as we make of devils.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    pagoda

    English

    (wikipedia pagoda)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An Asian religious building, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a shrine or temple.
  • An ornamental structure, of that design, erected in a park or garden.
  • A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties in medieval southern India.
  • Derived terms

    * pagoda tree

    See also

    * stupa * wat ----