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Stronghold vs Donjon - What's the difference?

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Stronghold is a related term of donjon.


As nouns the difference between stronghold and donjon

is that stronghold is a fortress while donjon is the fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.

stronghold

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fortress
  • A place of refuge, survival or domination by a particular group or idea
    • The last stronghold of the Cornish language.

    donjon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.
  • * 2007 , Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road , Sceptre 2008, p. 132:
    • [...] the prison fortress called Qomr, a mound of yellowish brick rising up from the left back of the turbid river, in whose donjon by long tradition the warlord was obliged to lay his head.
  • * 1819 , Walter Scott, Ivanhoe :
    • It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon , or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard.

    See also

    * dungeon ----