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Pedestal vs Stanchion - What's the difference?

pedestal | stanchion |

As nouns the difference between pedestal and stanchion

is that pedestal is the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp while stanchion is a vertical pole, post, or support.

As verbs the difference between pedestal and stanchion

is that pedestal is to set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal while stanchion is to erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.

pedestal

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp
  • (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
  • He has put his mother on a pedestal . You can't say a word against her.
  • (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.
  • Derived terms

    * pedestal coil * pedestal fan * place]] / [[set on a pedestal, set / put on a pedestal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.
  • See also

    * (commonslite)

    stanchion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vertical pole, post, or support.
  • * 2013 , . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 268.
  • *:He staggers against a stanchion , trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.
  • A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
  • To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.
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