Foundation vs. Plinth
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.
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.
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.Foundationnoun
(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
Foundationnoun
A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
Foundationnoun
the basis on which something is grounded;
there is little foundation for his objectionsFoundationnoun
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 conjectureFoundationnoun
lowest support of a structure;
it was built on a base of solid rockhe stood at the foot of the towerFoundationnoun
education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge;
he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced studya good grounding in mathematicsFoundationnoun
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
