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Pediment vs Piedmont - What's the difference?

pediment | piedmont |

As nouns the difference between pediment and piedmont

is that pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton while piedmont is any region of foothills of a mountain range.

As a proper noun Piedmont is

region in the north of Italy.

As an adjective piedmont is

formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.

pediment

English

(wikipedia pediment)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.

    • Related terms

    * tympanum

    piedmont

    English

    (wikipedia Piedmont)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Region in the north of Italy.
  • The region of the eastern US between the Appalachian mountains and the coastal plain, extending from eastern Alabama to northern New Jersey.

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