Castel vs Citadel - What's the difference?
castel | citadel |
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
(sometimes, figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.
* 1836 , Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England (page 269)
As nouns the difference between castel and citadel
is that castel is castle while citadel is a strong fortress that sits high above a city.castel
Not English
Castel has no English definition. It may be misspelled.citadel
English
Noun
(en noun)- Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea