Kiosk vs. Pavilion

Kiosknoun

A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.

Kiosknoun

A similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc.

Kiosknoun

A public telephone booth.

Kiosknoun

A Turkish garden pavilion.

Kiosknoun

A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.

Kiosknoun

A light ornamental structure used as a news stand, band stand, etc.

Kiosknoun

A small roofed structure, typically located on a sidewalk and sometimes in a parking lot, with one or more open sides, used to vend merchandise, such as newspapers or beverages, or services, such as key duplication or film developing.

Kiosknoun

small area set off by walls for special use

Kiosk

Historically, a kiosk (from Persian kūshk) was a small garden pavilion open on some or all sides common in Persia, the Indian subcontinent, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward. Today, several examples of this type of kiosk still exist in and around the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, and they can be seen in Balkan countries.

Pavilionnoun

An ornate tent.

Pavilionnoun

A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.

Pavilionnoun

A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.

Pavilionnoun

(cricket) The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.

Pavilionnoun

A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.

Pavilionnoun

The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.

Pavilionnoun

(anatomy) The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.

Pavilionnoun

(anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.

Pavilionnoun

(military) A flag, ensign, or banner.

Pavilionnoun

A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.

Pavilionnoun

(heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.

Pavilionnoun

A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.

Pavilionverb

(transitive) To furnish with a pavilion.

Pavilionverb

(transitive) To put inside a pavilion.

Pavilionverb

To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").

Pavilionnoun

A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts.

Pavilionnoun

A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.

Pavilionnoun

A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.

Pavilionnoun

Same as Tent (Her.)

Pavilionnoun

That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.

Pavilionnoun

The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.

Pavilionnoun

A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.

Pavilionverb

To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.

Pavilionnoun

large and often sumptuous tent

Pavilionnoun

a building at a cricket ground or other sports ground, used for changing and taking refreshments.

Pavilionnoun

a summer house or other decorative building used as a shelter in a park or large garden.

Pavilionnoun

used in the names of buildings used for theatrical or other entertainments

Pavilionnoun

a detached or semi-detached block at a hospital or other building complex

Pavilionnoun

a large tent with a peak and crenellated decorations, used at a show or fair.

Pavilionnoun

a temporary building, stand, or other structure in which items are displayed at a trade exhibition

Pavilion

In architecture, pavilion has several meanings: It may be a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to a main building. Often it is associated with pleasure.