Monadnock vs. Monolith — What's the Difference?

A mountain or rocky mass that has resisted erosion and stands isolated in an essentially level area. Also called inselberg.

A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are often made of very hard and solid igneous or metamorphic rock.

A hill or mountain standing isolated above a predominantly flat plain.

A large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument

A large, impersonal political, corporate, or social structure regarded as indivisible and slow to change

A large block of stone, especially one used in architecture or sculpture.

Something, such as a column or monument, made from one large block of stone.

An outcropping, cliff, or mountain having the appearance of a single block of stone

Something suggestive of a large block of stone, as in immovability, massiveness, or uniformity

A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.

Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.

(chemistry) A substrate having many tiny channels that is cast as a single piece, which is used as a stationary phase for chromatography, as a catalytic surface, etc.

A dead tree whose height and size have been reduced by breaking off or cutting its branches.

(transitive) To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.

(construction) To cast (one or more concrete components) in a single piece with no joints.

To reduce the height and size of (a dead tree) by breaking off or cutting its branches.

A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.

A single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)