Stilt vs. Structure — What's the Difference?

Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.

A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as biological organisms, minerals and chemicals.

Either of a pair of upright poles with supports for the feet enabling the user to walk at a distance above the ground.

The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex

A long-billed wading bird with predominantly black and white plumage and very long slender reddish legs.

A building or other object constructed from several parts

Either of a pair of long, slender poles each equipped with a raised footrest to enable the user to walk elevated above the ground.

Construct or arrange according to a plan; give a pattern or organization to

Any of various tall posts or pillars used as support, as for a dock or building:a beach house on stilts.

Something made up of a number of parts that are held or put together in a particular way

Any of several shorebirds of the widely distributed genus Himantopus or the Australian genus Cladorhynchus that have long pink legs, usually black-and-white plumage, and a long slender bill.

The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole; makeup

To place or raise on stilts.

The interrelation or arrangement of parts in a complex entity

Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.

Something constructed, such as a building.

A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.

The arrangement or formation of the tissues, organs, or other parts of an organism.

Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.

An organ or other part of an organism.

A crutch.

To give form or arrangement to

The handle of a plough.

A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts

The underlying shape of a solid.

To apply unnecessary pomp or formality

The overall form or organization of something.

A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.

A set of rules defining behaviour.

A crutch; also, the handle of a plow.

(computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.

Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.

Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish

To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.

A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.

A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

(logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

One of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground;

(transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

Manner of building; form; make; construction.

Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.

Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.

That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.

A thing constructed; a complex construction or entity;

The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts;

The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations;

A particular complex anatomical structure;

The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships;

Give a structure to;