bulwark vs umbrella

bulwark

noun
  • Any means of defence or security. 

  • A defensive wall or rampart. 

  • A defense or safeguard. 

  • A breakwater. 

  • 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. 

umbrella

noun
  • Generally, anything that provides protection. 

  • Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc. 

  • The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles. 

  • A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun. 

  • An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light. 

verb
  • To move like a jellyfish. 

  • To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella. 

  • To form the dome shape of an open umbrella. 

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