The difference between Arsenal and Fort

When used as nouns, arsenal means a military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel, whereas fort means a fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

Fort is also verb with the meaning: to create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

check bellow for the other definitions of Arsenal and Fort

  1. Arsenal as a noun:

    A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

  2. Arsenal as a noun:

    A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.

  3. Arsenal as a noun:

    A store or supply of anything.

  4. Arsenal as a noun:

    Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship

    Examples:

    "He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work."

  1. Fort as a noun:

    A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

  2. Fort as a noun:

    Any permanent army post.

  3. Fort as a noun (historical):

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

  1. Fort as a verb:

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

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