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Bastion vs Barricade - What's the difference?

bastion | barricade |

As a noun bastion

is bastion.

As a verb barricade is

.

bastion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
  • a well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel
  • (figuratively) a person, or thing, who strongly defends some principle

    • Related terms

    * bastille * bastioned

    Anagrams

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    barricade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
  • * Derham
    • Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.
  • (figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "barricade") *

    Verb

  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port