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Bulwark vs Obstacle - What's the difference?

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Bulwark is a related term of obstacle.


As nouns the difference between bulwark and obstacle

is that bulwark is a defensive wall or rampart while obstacle is something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress.

As a verb bulwark

is to fortify something with a wall or rampart.

bulwark

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A defensive wall or rampart.
  • A defense or safeguard.
  • * Blackstone
    • The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence, the floating bulwark of our island.
  • A breakwater.
  • (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
  • To provide protection of defense for something.

    • obstacle

    English

    (Obstacle course)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
    • A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.

    Synonyms

    * impediment * hindrance * hurdle * See also