What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Bastion vs Donjon - What's the difference?

bastion | donjon |

As nouns the difference between bastion and donjon

is that bastion is bastion while donjon is the fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.

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

    * ----

    donjon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.
  • * 2007 , Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road , Sceptre 2008, p. 132:
    • [...] the prison fortress called Qomr, a mound of yellowish brick rising up from the left back of the turbid river, in whose donjon by long tradition the warlord was obliged to lay his head.
  • * 1819 , Walter Scott, Ivanhoe :
    • It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon , or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard.

    See also

    * dungeon ----