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Siding vs Cladding - What's the difference?

siding | cladding |

Cladding is a synonym of siding.



As nouns the difference between siding and cladding

is that siding is a building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building while cladding is clothing; clothes.

As verbs the difference between siding and cladding

is that siding is present participle of lang=en while cladding is present participle of lang=en.

siding

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
    • Ugh. If there's one thing I can't stand it's cheesy vinyl siding .
    Synonyms
    * cladding (UK)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
    • Whenever he hears an argument, he can't help siding with one party or the other.

    Etymology 3

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction).
  • * 1919 ,
    • They slept where they could, sometimes in an empty truck on a siding near the station, sometimes in a cart behind a warehouse; [...]

    Synonyms

    (railroad side track) railroad siding, sidetrack, lay-by (UK)

    cladding

    English

    (wikipedia cladding)

    Noun

  • (rare) Clothing; clothes.
  • Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fiber.
  • (construction) a weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).

    • Verb

    (head)