Pedestal vs Podium - What's the difference?
pedestal | podium |
(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp
(figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
(rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
(machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
(bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
(steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit.
(proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
(sports, and, other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
(sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
# The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began.
# The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
(sports, proscribed) To finish in the top three at an event or competition.
English words affected by prescriptivism
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As nouns the difference between pedestal and podium
is that pedestal is the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp while podium is a platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit.As verbs the difference between pedestal and podium
is that pedestal is to set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal while podium is to finish in the top three at an event or competition.pedestal
Noun
(en noun)- He has put his mother on a pedestal . You can't say a word against her.
