bulwark vs fort

bulwark

noun
  • A defensive wall or rampart. 

  • A defense or safeguard. 

  • A breakwater. 

  • Any means of defence or security. 

  • 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
  • To fortify something with a wall or rampart. 

  • To provide protection of defense for something. 

fort

noun
  • A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. 

  • Any permanent army post. 

  • An outlying trading-station, as in British North America. 

  • A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games. 

verb
  • To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt. 

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