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Fascia vs Siding - What's the difference?

fascia | siding |

As nouns the difference between fascia and siding

is that fascia is a wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing while siding is a building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.

As a verb siding is

present participle of lang=en.

fascia

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
  • A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
  • A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
  • A broad well-defined band of color.
  • A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
  • A sash worn by certain members of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
  • The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.
  • (UK) A dashboard.

    • Derived terms

    * fascial

    Usage notes

    * The plural fascias is used for the first five definitions while fasciae is used for the sixth.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    siding

    English

    Etymology 1

    .

    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

    .

    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)