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Stirrup vs Column - What's the difference?

stirrup | column |

As nouns the difference between stirrup and column

is that stirrup is a foot rest used by horse-riders while column is (architecture) a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

As an adjective stirrup

is referring to women's pants, a form of trousers commonly worn by women that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.

stirrup

English

(wikipedia stirrup)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A foot rest used by horse-riders.
  • (anatomy) A stapes.
  • Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
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  • (nautical) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
    • (Totten)

    Derived terms

    * stirrup cup * stirrup iron * stirrup leather * stirrup strap

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Referring to women's pants, a form of trousers commonly worn by women that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.

    • Anagrams

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    column

    English

    (wikipedia column)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
  • A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
  • A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
  • A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
  • A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
  • (label) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
  • Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
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    • , chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}
  • (botany) The gynostemium

    • Synonyms

    * (upright structure) post, pillar, sile

    Antonyms

    * (line of table entries) row (which is horizontal)

    Hypernyms

    * (upright structure) beam

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