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Valor vs Bulwark - What's the difference?

valor | bulwark |

As nouns the difference between valor and bulwark

is that valor is value; worth while bulwark is a defensive wall or rampart.

As a verb bulwark is

to fortify something with a wall or rampart.

valor

English

Alternative forms

* valour

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Value; worth.
  • Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.

    • Related terms

    * valiant

    Anagrams

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    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.