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Turret vs Rampart - What's the difference?

turret | rampart |

As nouns the difference between turret and rampart

is that turret is a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle while rampart is a defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

As a verb rampart is

to defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.

turret

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle
  • a siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries
  • (label) an armoured, rotating gun installation, on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle
  • (label) the elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation
  • (label) a tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes)
  • Synonyms

    * (military) cupola

    Derived terms

    {{der3, turret board , turret clock , turret head , turret lathe , turret ship}}

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    rampart

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
  • A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
  • That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
  • (usually, in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.
  • * Coleridge
  • Those grassy hills, those glittering dells, / Proudly ramparted with rocks.

    Derived terms

    * ramparted