Terms vs Embattlement - What's the difference?
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(countable) A battlement.
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, passage=This villa was long and low and white, and severe after its manner?: for upon and about it were none of those playful ebullitions of taste, such as conical towers, domed roofs, embattlements , statues, coloured tiles and crenellations, such as are dear to architects of villas all the world over.}}
* 1970 , Anthony Langham, Myrtle Ternstrom, Lundy
(uncountable) The state of being embattled.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 26, author=Alissa J. Rubin, title=Iraq’s Leader Pushes for Election Gains, but Some Fear Iron Hand, work=New York Times
, passage=While that seems unlikely any time soon, such experiences of terror and embattlement have shaped the way Mr. Maliki governs. }}
As nouns the difference between terms and embattlement
is that terms is while embattlement is (countable) a battlement.embattlement
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- Embattlements and towers may have formed part of the original structure
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