Citadel vs Kingdom - What's the difference?
citadel | kingdom |
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)
A nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
(biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom)
As nouns the difference between citadel and kingdom
is that citadel is a strong fortress that sits high above a city while kingdom is a nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.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
