wall vs bailey

wall and bailey both are nouns.

wall is a verb but bailey is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wall	Yes	No	Yes	No
bailey	Yes	No	No	No

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

wall: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
bailey: the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle

Other hyponyms of wall include battlement, crenelation, crenellation, earthwork, fraise, merlon.

wall (noun)	bailey (noun)
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure	the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes	the outer courtyard of a castle
a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
a layer of material that encloses space
(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
a difficult or awkward situation

wall (verb)	bailey (verb)
surround with a wall in order to fortify

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