As nouns the difference between shakes and clapboard
is that
shakes is while
clapboard is a narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction or
clapboard can be (film) a clapper board; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
As verbs the difference between shakes and clapboard
is that
shakes is (
shake) while
clapboard is to cover with clapboards.