What is the difference between castle and palace?
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A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.
(chess) An instance of castling.
(chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
(obsolete) A close helmet.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , p. 12,
(dated) Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
(dated) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
(chess) To perform the move of castling.
(cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
* 2009 ,
* 2011 , Firdose Moonda,
Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
A large and lavishly ornate residence.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
(archaic) To decorate or ornate.
* {{quote-book, year=1921, author=Kenneth Morris, title=The Crest-Wave of Evolution, chapter=, edition=
, passage=And this Great King was a far-way, tremendous, golden figure, moving in a splendor as of fairy tales; palaced marvelously, so travelers told, in cities compared with which even Athens seemed mean. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1874, author=Benj. N. Martin, title=Choice Specimens of American Literature, And Literary Reader, chapter=, edition=
, passage=May, with her green lap full of sprouting leaves and bright blossoms, her song-birds making the orchards and meadows vocal, and rippling streams and cultivated gardens; June, with full-blown roses and humming-bees, plenteous meadows and wide cornfields, with embattled lines rising thick and green; August, with reddened orchards and heavy-headed harvests of grain, October, with yellow leaves and swart shadows; December, palaced in snow, and idly whistling through his numb fingers;-all have their various charm; and in the rose-bowers of summer, and as we spread our hands before the torches of winter, we say joyfully, "Thou hast made all things beautiful in their time."}}
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As nouns the difference between castle and palace
is that castle is a large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king while palace is official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.As verbs the difference between castle and palace
is that castle is to perform the move of castling while palace is to decorate or ornate.As proper nouns the difference between castle and palace
is that castle is {{surname} while Palace is Crystal Palace Football Club, a football team from London.castle
English
(wikipedia castle)Noun
(en noun)- The castle was perhaps a figurative name for a close headpiece deduced from its enclosing and defending the head, as a castle did the whole body; or a corruption from the Old French word casquetel , a small or light helmet.
Usage notes
For the chess piece, chess players prefer the term rook.Synonyms
* (building) fortress, keepDerived terms
* build castles in the air * castellated * castle in the air * ice castle * king of the castle * sandcastleSee also
* *Verb
(castl)Lightning Bolt blows over Gayle, BBC Sport:
- And the 23-year-old brought the crowd to their feet when he castled Gayle's stumps, signalling the direction of the pavilion to his friend for good measure.
A day for missed hat-tricks, ESPNcricinfo:
- He bowled Vinay with a with a full, straight ball that castled off stump and then dished up a yorker that RP Singh backed away to and sent onto his stumps.
Anagrams
*palace
English
(wikipedia palace)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].}}
Derived terms
* palace politics * palatial * puck palaceVerb
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