Hierarchy vs. Ladder

Hierarchynoun

A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.

Hierarchynoun

A social, religious, economic or political system or organization in which people or groups of people are ranked with some superior to others based on their status, authority or some other trait.

Hierarchynoun

Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.

Hierarchynoun

Dominion or authority in sacred things.

Hierarchynoun

A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.

Hierarchynoun

A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.

Hierarchynoun

A rank or order of holy beings.

Hierarchynoun

Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it; also, the entire set of ordering relations between such objects. The ordering relation between each object and the one above is called a hierarchical relation.

Hierarchynoun

a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system;

Hierarchynoun

the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body

Hierarchy

A hierarchy (from Greek: ἱεραρχία, hierarkhia, 'rule of a high priest', from hierarkhes, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being , , or one another. Hierarchy is an important concept in a wide variety of fields, such as philosophy, architecture, design, mathematics, computer science, organizational theory, systems theory, systematic biology, and the social sciences (especially political philosophy).

Laddernoun

A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).

Laddernoun

(figuratively) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.

Laddernoun

(figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.

Laddernoun

A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.

Laddernoun

In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.

Ladderverb

To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.

Ladderverb

To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.

Ladderverb

Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.

Laddernoun

A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.

Laddernoun

That which resembles a ladder in form or use;

Laddernoun

steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down

Laddernoun

ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress;

Laddernoun

a row of unravelled stitches;

Ladderverb

come unraveled or undone as if by snagging;

Laddernoun

a piece of equipment consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something.

Laddernoun

a series of ascending stages by which someone or something may progress

Laddernoun

a vertical strip of unravelled fabric in tights or stockings

Ladderverb

(with reference to tights or stockings) develop or cause to develop a ladder

Ladder

A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps. There are two types: rigid ladders that are self-supporting or that may be leaned against a vertical surface such as a wall, and rollable ladders, such as those made of rope or aluminium, that may be hung from the top.