Substrate vs Pedestal - What's the difference?
substrate | pedestal |
(biochemistry) What an enzyme acts upon.
(biology) A surface on which an organism grows or to which it is attached.
An underlying layer; a substratum.
(linguistics) A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.
(plating) A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.
(construction) A surface to which a substance adheres.
The substance lining the bottom edge of an enclosure.
(obsolete) To strew or lay under.
* Boyle
(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp
(figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
(rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
(machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
(bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
(steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
As nouns the difference between substrate and pedestal
is that substrate is what an enzyme acts upon while pedestal is the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.As verbs the difference between substrate and pedestal
is that substrate is to strew or lay under while pedestal is to set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.As an adjective substrate
is having very slight furrows.substrate
English
Noun
(en noun)- The rock surface of a rockpool is the substrate for a sessile organism such as a limpet.
- The substrate of an aquarium can affect the water's acidity.
- Stream substrate affects fish longevity.
Verb
(substrat)- The melted glass being supported by the substrated sand.
See also
* ("substrate" on Wikipedia)pedestal
Noun
(en noun)- He has put his mother on a pedestal . You can't say a word against her.