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Gallery vs Foyer - What's the difference?

gallery | foyer |

As nouns the difference between gallery and foyer

is that gallery is an institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art while foyer is a lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.

gallery

English

(wikipedia gallery)

Noun

(galleries)
  • An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
  • An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
  • Uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
  • A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
  • as a whole, the spectators of an event.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery .}}
  • A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
    • a gallery of image thumbnails
    a clip-art gallery in a wordprocessor

    Derived terms

    * peanut gallery * rogues' gallery

    Related terms

    * gallerist

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * allergy * largely * regally

    foyer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
    • We had a drink in the foyer waiting for the the play to start.
  • The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
  • (UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.