Podium vs Odium - What's the difference?
podium | odium |
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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Hatred; dislike.
The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
* Dryden
As nouns the difference between podium and odium
is that podium is podium while odium is hatred; dislike.podium
English
Noun
(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)odium
English
Noun
(-)- His conduct brought him into odium''', or, brought '''odium upon him.
- She threw the odium of the fact on me.
