What's the difference between arena and podium?

Arena


Definition:

  • (n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.
  • (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
  • (n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At the trial Arena admitted involvement in criminal activity, but insisted he was innocent of the murders.
  • (2) This "gender identity movement" has brought together such unlikely collaborators as surgeons, endocrinologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and research specialists into a mutually rewarding arena.
  • (3) I first saw them live at the location of the terror attack, Manchester Arena – then the MEN – aged 15, a teen at a gig with my friends, as many of the Grande’s fans were.
  • (4) Arena's final April issue goes on sale next Thursday, 12 March.
  • (5) Joe Gregory, parked outside the arena while waiting to pick up his girlfriend and her sister from the concert, captured its impact on his car’s dashcam.
  • (6) Scaf criticised the Muslim Brotherhood for its premature announcement of the results and stated it was "one of the main causes of division and confusion prevailing the political arena".
  • (7) With gratitude and rejoice, we commemorate the return to International arena.
  • (8) Flank marks, attacks, bites, and retreats were scored over a 15 min test period during which steroid-injected animals were paired in a neutral arena with vehicle-injected conspecifics.
  • (9) Flats by the basketball arena, which will be the site of the first ‘legacy neighbourhood’, Chobham Manor.
  • (10) Despite her own success in that arena arriving seemingly overnight, Debicki rarely sets foot in LA.
  • (11) The Senate refused to agree to this, but did agree to a $430m cut to the Arena budget.
  • (12) It followed the quiet death last month of Arena, which expired due to old age and lack of personality.
  • (13) Prince began ambushing fans in February this year, playing his first big shows since 1995 as he took over arenas in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds as well as intimate venues in London and Manchester.
  • (14) In 2004, fewer than 100,000 tickets were sold for arena standup gigs.
  • (15) Celebrities from Justin Bieber to Spike Lee were on hand for the opening of a spectacle that mixes circus tricks with the music of the late King of Pop – a pairing that has already proved lucrative for Cirque on the road with the arena show, Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour .
  • (16) They were crestfallen at the end, Van Buyten departing the arena close to tears with this surely the 36-year-old’s last involvement at a major finals.
  • (17) A retrospective evaluation of 136 newborns treated with mechanical ventilation between 1983 and 1989 at the chilean's southernmost regional hospital of Punta Arenas is presented.
  • (18) Bayern's director of sport, Matthias Sammer, had earlier played down reports suggesting that Thiago was heading to the Allianz Arena.
  • (19) As a result, the procedure, on ethical grounds, has a small place in the arena of family planning.
  • (20) To use a slightly dodgy analogy, standing one's moral ground in the midst of free-market capitalism might be a delusion akin to the idea of Socialism In One Country: if you believe in the usual left-liberal bundle of causes, politics is probably the best arena to pursue them, rather than fixating on what you do with your money.

Podium


Definition:

  • (n.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
  • (n.) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began.
  • (n.) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
  • (n.) The foot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "We are going to be working this record for the next 18 months," says the boss of Atlantic, standing on a small podium surrounded by Astroturf.
  • (2) As a result, the 15 people on the podium were outnumbered less than three to one by the audience and a significant number of the attendees were WPP employees.
  • (3) We can’t let ministers just shrug their shoulders | Peter Tatchell Read more After returning to the podium at the Methodist central hall in Westminster, he told the audience Thornberry had clearly expressed Labour’s opposition to the war in Syria and had called for an end to the conflict.
  • (4) When he eventually walked to the podium, the typed final version was once more full of crossings out and scribbles.
  • (5) Then King grabbed the podium and set his prepared text to his left.
  • (6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Alton Sterling’s family give emotional statement after police killing Someone set up a makeshift podium in the parking lot and a public address system.
  • (7) Brando’s letter, which Littlefeather didn’t read on the podium, was later released to the press and asserted: “We lied to them.
  • (8) Standing on an Olympic podium is all very well but surveying the world from the summit is something else again.
  • (9) In the small, echoing gym of a primary school, Rodríguez and García Sánchez took turns at a makeshift podium, outlining the key planks of the party’s platform, detailing agrarian reform to a moratorium on evictions.
  • (10) Through plain language and calm delivery at the podium he went a bit of the way, but in the end the substance of the speech was simply too lively to allow for the promised snoozeathon.
  • (11) Nick Clegg then says he will go ahead and have a debate with himself and empty podium the other parties.
  • (12) Also on the podium were Cuba’s Raúl Castro and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
  • (13) This is why it’s so important to name those responsible and not leave it as if this is an a-historic massacre.” Zedconte, 26, works as a consultant in Guadalajara Protest reach Plaza de la Liberacion in Guadalajara Protestors sit around an improvised podium where student victims and missing names where remembered.
  • (14) # mgeitf August 23, 2012 6.15pm BST The Guardian's Dan Sabbagh has just tweeted: Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) Liz Murdoch speech about to begin, promises to be very interesting # mgeitf August 23, 2012 and Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) Liz Murdoch cheered as she takes the podium in Edinburgh.
  • (15) In a format almost (but not quite) as complicated as ITV’s seven-way leader debate on 2 April, the podium order from left to right will be Miliband, Wood, Bennett, Sturgeon and Farage.
  • (16) Speaking on the same podium, Georgia senator Saxby Chambliss called all the detainees still at the base "the meanest, nastiest killers in the world" and said the base should remain open, including for all the Yemenis.
  • (17) "I was pretty happy with how the Europeans went, it's good to be on the podium, but you need to look at the bigger picture," she says.
  • (18) For Nick Clegg, it happened last week, when he stepped back from his debate podium to address a retired toxicologist from Cheshire.
  • (19) He was present on Roosevelt Island in June when she formally announced her candidacy , but even then he was limited to waving from the sidelines and kept away from the podium.
  • (20) We will restore it on Liberty Square on the same podium,” he said.