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Emplacement vs Fortification - What's the difference?

emplacement | fortification |

As nouns the difference between emplacement and fortification

is that emplacement is an installation that houses a military weapon while fortification is fortification.

emplacement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An installation that houses a military weapon.
  • A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
  • (geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.

    • 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.