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Lightwell vs Skylight - What's the difference?

lightwell | skylight |

As nouns the difference between lightwell and skylight

is that lightwell is an open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room while skylight is a window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.

lightwell

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room

    • skylight

    English

    (wikipedia skylight)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.
  • —solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere