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Donjon vs Citadel - What's the difference?

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Donjon is a related term of citadel.


As nouns the difference between donjon and citadel

is that donjon is the fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep while citadel is a strong fortress that sits high above a city.

donjon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.
  • * 2007 , Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road , Sceptre 2008, p. 132:
    • [...] the prison fortress called Qomr, a mound of yellowish brick rising up from the left back of the turbid river, in whose donjon by long tradition the warlord was obliged to lay his head.
  • * 1819 , Walter Scott, Ivanhoe :
    • It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon , or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard.

    See also

    * dungeon ----

    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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