fortification vs dugout

dugout vs fortification

fortification and dugout both are nouns.

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

As nouns, dugout is a hyponym of fortification; that is, dugout 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
dugout: a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

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

fortification (noun)	dugout (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)	a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it	either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game
the art or science of strengthening defenses	a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
	a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.

Difference between fortification and dugout

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