Minaret vs Turret - What's the difference?
minaret | turret |
the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer)
* 2005 , Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade , page 37, paragraph 2
(label) a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle
a siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries
(label) an armoured, rotating gun installation, on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle
(label) the elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation
(label) a tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes)
As nouns the difference between minaret and turret
is that minaret is the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer while turret is a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.minaret
English
(wikipedia minaret)Noun
(en noun)- And in the background of the picture, just out of focus behind the man, was a soaring minaret outlined against a shockingly blue sky.
