Portico vs Canopy - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between portico and canopy

is that portico is (l) while canopy is a high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

to cover with or as if with a canopy.

(wikipedia portico)

(en-noun)

A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.

* See also

(canopies)

A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

* Dryden

golden canopies and beds of state

Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.

The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.

In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.

In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

(en-verb)

To cover with or as if with a canopy.

* Milton

A bank with ivy canopied .

To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.