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Statue vs Obelisk - What's the difference?

statue | obelisk |

As a verb statue

is .

As a noun obelisk is

obelisk (a tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point).

statue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I will raise her statue in pure gold.
  • (dated) A portrait.
  • (Massinger)

    Hypernyms

    * image, sculpture, simulacrum

    Hyponyms

    * bust, figurine

    Derived terms

    * statued * statuelike * statuesque

    Verb

    (statu)
  • To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
  • * Feltham
  • The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    obelisk

    Alternative forms

    * obelisc

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author= , title=The Washington Monument , volume=100, issue=1, page=16 , magazine= 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.}}
  • (printing) The dagger sign (†), especially when used as a reference mark.
  • See also

    * menhir * pillar ----