bulwark vs rampart

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. 

rampart

noun
  • A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark. 

  • 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. 

  • That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection. 

  • A steep bank of a river or gorge. 

verb
  • To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart. 

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