Difference between Columbary and Dovecote

What is the difference between Columbary and Dovecote?

Columbary as a noun is a pigeon house or dovecot. while Dovecote as a noun is a small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

Columbary

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pigeon house or dovecot.

Dovecote

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.

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