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Courtyard vs Balcony - What's the difference?

courtyard | balcony |

As nouns the difference between courtyard and balcony

is that courtyard is an area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings while balcony is an accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.

courtyard

English

(wikipedia courtyard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • an area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings
    • She sat in the courtyard , enjoying the garden.

    See also

    * atrium * forecourt * court * yard

    balcony

    English

    (wikipedia balcony)

    Noun

    (balconies)
  • An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (the Bible)
  • An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}