Bulwark vs. Rampart — What's the Difference?

A wall or embankment raised as a defensive fortification; a rampart.

A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top.

Something serving as a defense or safeguard

A means of protection or defense; a bulwark.

A breakwater.

To fortify or surround with a rampart.

Often bulwarks The part of a ship's side that is above the upper deck.

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

To fortify with a wall, embankment, or rampart.

A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.

To provide defense or protection for

That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.

A defensive wall or rampart.

A steep bank of a river or gorge.

A defense or safeguard.

To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.

A breakwater.

That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.

(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification.

(figurative) Any means of defence or security.

To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.

(transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.

An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes;

(transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.

The sides of a ship above the upper deck, usually a fencelike structure around the deck.

To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.

An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes;

A fence-like structure around a deck

A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

Defend with a bulwark