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Plinth vs Peristalsis - What's the difference?

plinth | peristalsis |

As nouns the difference between plinth and peristalsis

is that plinth is a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based while peristalsis is (medicine) the rhythmic, wave-like contraction of the digestive tract that forces food through it.

plinth

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
  • The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall.
  • A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

    • peristalsis

    English

    (wikipedia peristalsis)

    Noun

    (peristalses)
  • (medicine) The rhythmic, wave-like contraction of the digestive tract that forces food through it.

    • Derived terms

    * peristaltic