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Crenelated vs Castellated - What's the difference?

crenelated | castellated |

As adjectives the difference between crenelated and castellated

is that crenelated is having crenellations or battlements while castellated is having turrets or battlements, like a castle.

As a verb crenelated

is (crenelate).

crenelated

English

Alternative forms

* crenellated

Verb

(head)
  • (crenelate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having crenellations or battlements
  • Having a series of square indentations

    • castellated

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having turrets or battlements, like a castle.
  • * 2004 , , Picador, paperback edition, page 2
    • Finally he walked slowly into a vast Italian space, with towers and castellated roofs, and a sky the colour of dark blue ink, smooth and consistent.
  • (obsolete) Enclosed within a building.
    • a fountain or cistern castellated
    (Johnson)

    Derived terms

    * castellated nut

    Related terms

    * castle * castellation