Podium vs Riser - What's the difference?
podium | riser |
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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Someone or something which rises.
A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
The vertical part of a step on a staircase.
(archery) The main body of a bow.
A conduit or path between floors of a building for placement of telephone, networking, and other utility cables.
A Manx cat with an extremely short tail.
As a noun podium
is podium.As a verb riser is
to laugh.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)riser
English
Noun
(en noun)- The choir stood on risers for the performance.