What's the difference been NoSQL and a Column-Oriented database?

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The more I read about NoSQL, the more it begins to sound like a column oriented database to me.

What's the difference between NoSQL (e.g. CouchDB, Cassandra, MongoDB) and a column oriented database (e.g. Vertica, MonetDB)?

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