fortification vs crownwork

crownwork vs fortification

fortification and crownwork both are nouns.

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

As nouns, crownwork is a hyponym of fortification; that is, crownwork 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
crownwork: a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.

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

fortification (noun)	crownwork (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)	(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it	a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.
the art or science of strengthening defenses

Difference between fortification and crownwork

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