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Pergola vs Patio - What's the difference?

pergola | patio |

As nouns the difference between pergola and patio

is that pergola is (l) (trelliswork roof used to support climbing plants) while patio is courtyard.

pergola

Noun

(en noun)
  • A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants
  • * 1919, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 61:
  • By the little garden pergola' open to the winds some fluttered peacocks were blotted nervelessly amid the dripping trees, their heads sunk back beneath their wings: while in the ' pergola itself, like a fallen storm-cloud, lolled a negress, her levelled, polecat eyes semi-veiled by the nebulous alchemy of the rainbow.
  • * 2000 , Gordon Bock, " Pergolas in perspective", Old-House Journal , July/August 2000:
  • While both pergolas' and arbors are most dramatic cloaked in climbing, flowing plants, only a ' pergola will stand naked as a piece of architecture.
  • * 2009 , Jerri Farris, Creating Garden Accents: Step-by-Step Instructions for 22 Projects , Creative Publishing International (2002), ISBN 1589230418, page 98:
  • When I first saw the movie, Chocolat , my favorite element wasn't the plot or the character development or even the cinematography. It was the cloth-draped pergola under which a very special birthday dinner was served.

    patio

    English

    (wikipedia patio)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
  • An inner courtyard typical of traditional Spanish houses.
  • Derived terms

    * patio doors * patio furniture

    See also

    * (l)

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