As nouns the difference between rondeau and rondel

is that rondeau is a fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas while rondel is a metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

As an adjective medieval

is medieval (of or relating to the middle ages).

As a noun rondel is

a metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

As nouns the difference between guard and rondel

is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while rondel is a metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

As a verb guard

is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

As nouns the difference between pommel and rondel

is that pommel is the upper front brow of a saddle while rondel is a metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

As a verb pommel

is to pound or beat.

As nouns the difference between bastion and rondel

is that bastion is bastion while rondel is a metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

Rondelet is a related term of rondel.

As nouns the difference between rondelet and rondel

is that rondelet is a metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables while rondel is a metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

Rondo is a related term of rondel.

As nouns the difference between rondo and rondel

is that rondo is rondo while rondel is a metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

Rondel is a related term of roundelay.

As nouns the difference between roundelay and rondel

is that roundelay is a poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals while rondel is a metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

As nouns the difference between metric and rondelet

is that metric is a measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in Software Engineering while rondelet is a metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables.

As an adjective metric

is of or relating to the metric system of measurement.

As a verb metric

is to measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

As nouns the difference between rondeau and rondelet

is that rondeau is a fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas while rondelet is a metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables.