Menhir vs Pillar - What's the difference?
menhir | pillar |
A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times.
* 1963 , Thomas Pynchon, V. :
* 1980 , Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers :
(architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
Something resembling such a structure.
An essential part of something that provides support.
(Roman Catholic) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
As nouns the difference between menhir and pillar
is that menhir is a single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times while pillar is a large post, often used as supporting architecture.As a verb pillar is
to provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.menhir
English
(wikipedia menhir)Noun
(en noun)- no time has passed since we lived in caves, grappled with fish at the reedy shore, buried our dead with a song, with red-ochre and pulled up our dolmens, temples and menhirs and standing stones to the glory of some indeterminate god or gods [...].
- On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high.
pillar
English
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(en noun)- a pillar of smoke
- He's a pillar of the community.
- (Skelton)