Podium vs Atrium - What's the difference?
podium | atrium |
A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit.
(proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
(sports, and, other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
(sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
# The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began.
# The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
(sports, proscribed) To finish in the top three at an event or competition.
English words affected by prescriptivism
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(architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
(architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
(anatomy) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
* {{quote-book, 1965, Janet Kircher Warter, Palynology of a Lignite of Lower Eocene (Wilcox) Age from Kemper County
, passage=Nexine 0.5? thick, separating from the sexine about 5? from the pore and forming a deep, well-defined atrium .}}
As nouns the difference between podium and atrium
is that podium is a platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit while atrium is a central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.As a verb podium
is to finish in the top three at an event or competition.podium
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(en-noun)Synonyms
* (stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly) lecternUsage notes
Some people object to the “stand for holding notes” sense on the grounds that because of its etymology, podium ought to refer to something that is stood upon (or that at least pertains to the feet in some way), and that (lectern) should instead be used, as it refers to “reading”.Verb
(en verb)atrium
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(wikipedia atrium)Noun
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