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Bazaar vs Casbah - What's the difference?

bazaar | casbah |

As nouns the difference between bazaar and casbah

is that bazaar is a marketplace, particularly in the middle east, and often covered with shops and stalls while casbah is the fortress in a city in north africa or the middle east.

bazaar

English

(wikipedia bazaar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East, and often covered with shops and stalls.
  • A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.
  • A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

    • casbah

    English

    Alternative forms

    * kasbah

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
  • (by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
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