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Stairway vs Stairtower - What's the difference?

stairway | stairtower |

As nouns the difference between stairway and stairtower

is that stairway is a set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably while stairtower is a tower with stairs on the inside.

stairway

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway ,

    Synonyms

    * staircase * stairs

    Related terms

    * stair * stairwell

    stairtower

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tower with stairs on the inside.
    • The castle had four stairtowers when it was built, but only two remain.