fortification vs castle

castle vs fortification

fortification and castle both are nouns.

fortification is not a verb while castle is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fortification	Yes	No	No	No
castle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, castle is a hyponym of fortification; that is, castle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fortification:

fortification: defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
castle: a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack

Other hyponyms of fortification include bastion, bunker, dugout, defilade, entrenchment, intrenchment, escarp, escarpment, protective embankment, scarp, fieldwork, lunette, palisade, breastwork, parapet, redoubt, stockade, hornwork, crownwork, contravallation.

fortification (noun)	castle (noun)
the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)	interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it	a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
the art or science of strengthening defenses	(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
	a large and stately mansion

fortification (verb)	castle (verb)
	move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

Difference between fortification and castle

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