Foundation vs. Plinth

Foundation vs. Plinth — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Foundation and Plinth

Foundationnoun

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.

Plinthnoun

A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.

Foundationnoun

That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.

Plinthnoun

The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall.

Foundationnoun

(figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.

Plinthnoun

A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

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Foundationnoun

(card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.

Plinthnoun

an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

Foundationnoun

(architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.

The foundations of this construction have been laid out.

Foundationnoun

A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.

Foundationnoun

That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.

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Foundationnoun

(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.

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Foundationnoun

A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.

Foundationnoun

the basis on which something is grounded;

there is little foundation for his objections

Foundationnoun

an institution supported by an endowment

Foundationnoun

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;

the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

Foundationnoun

lowest support of a structure;

it was built on a base of solid rockhe stood at the foot of the tower

Foundationnoun

education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge;

he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced studya good grounding in mathematics

Foundationnoun

a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

Foundationnoun

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;

she looked forward to her initiation as an adultthe foundation of a new scientific societyhe regards the fork as a modern introduction