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Citadel vs Fastness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between citadel and fastness

is that citadel is a strong fortress that sits high above a city while fastness is a secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress.

citadel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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)
  • 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

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    fastness

    English

    Noun

  • A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1917 , year_published=1917 , edition= , editor= , author= , title= , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=archive.org , isbn= , page= , passage=The incubators are built in remote fastnesses , where there is little or no likelihood of their being discovered by other tribes. }}
  • * 1919 ,
  • *:When she came to know writers it was like adventuring upon a stage which till then she had known only from the other side of the footlights. She saw them dramatically, and really seemed herself to live a larger life because she entertained them and visited them in their fastnesses .
  • The state of being fast.
  • # firmness, security
  • # rapidity, swiftness
  • The ability of a dye to withstand fading