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Donjon vs Fortification - What's the difference?

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Donjon is a related term of fortification.


As nouns the difference between donjon and fortification

is that donjon is the fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep while fortification is fortification.

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 ----

    fortification

    English

    (wikipedia fortification)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
  • That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
  • *
  • *:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications , perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”
  • An increase in effectiveness, as by adding ingredients.
  • * 1979 , Kiplinger's Personal Finance (volume 33, number 7, July 1979, page 47)
    • Compare the nutrition information label of a regular ready-to-eat fortified cereal with that of a presweetened brand and you'll note that, although the sweetened one's sugar content is higher, the fortification is virtually identical.