Pod vs Pylon - What's the difference?
pod | pylon |
(botany) a seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers)
a small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A bag; a pouch.
To bear or produce pods
To remove peas from their case.
To swell or fill.
A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
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, chapter=7 (aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
An obelisk.
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A traffic cone.
(American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
As nouns the difference between pod and pylon
is that pod is a seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers while pylon is a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.As a verb pod
is to bear or produce pods.As an initialism POD
is print on demand.pod
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) *.Noun
(en noun)- (Tusser)
Derived terms
* peapod * seedpodSynonyms
* (sense) capsule, case, container, hull, husk, shell, vesselVerb
(podd)Etymology 2
From a special use of Etymology 1. See above.Synonyms
gampylon
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
citation, passage=The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.}}