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what is the difference between these words: blockade stockade barricade?
[General] what is the difference between these words?
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A stockade is a more or less permanent structure. A barricade is a temporary structure. A blockade is not any kind of structure.
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Please note that a better title would have been blockade stockade barricade.
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'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'
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Have you looked in dictionaries?
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