Bastion vs. Fort — What's the Difference?

A bastion or bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with fire from the flanks being able to protect the curtain wall and the adjacent bastions.

A fortified building or strategic position

A projecting part of a fortification.

A fortified place or position for the stationing of troops.

A well-fortified position.

A permanent army post.

One that upholds or defends something, as against neglect or unpopularity

A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.

Any permanent army post.

A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.

(historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.

(figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.

A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.

Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.

To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

(transitive) To furnish with a bastion.

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification.

A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

A fortified military post where troops are stationed

A group that defends a principle;

A fortified defensive structure

A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

Gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

Projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

Enclose by or as if by a fortification

Station (troops) in a fort