Terrace vs Rooftop - What's the difference?
terrace | rooftop |
A platform that extends outwards from a building.
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A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
(in the plural, chiefly, British) The standing area at a football ground.
(chiefly, Indian English) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.
To provide something with a terrace.
To form something into a terrace.
Atop a roof; on a roof
:: —Thailand's Islands and Beaches , Lonely Planet
(somewhat formal) The area atop a roof
:: —Multicultural Books for Primary Grades , Liz Rothlein
the top layer of a roof, the material covering or composing a roof
:: —The Chocolate Shop Perverts , Ernest Alanki
As proper nouns the difference between terrace and rooftop
is that terrace is a city in british columbia, canada while rooftop is (roof).terrace
English
(wikipedia terrace) {, style="float: right; clear:right;" , , , }Noun
(en noun)- They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace , explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
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English
Adjective
(-)- In recent years, we've seen Bangkok become the unofficial rooftop bar capital of the world.
Noun
(en noun)- Why do you think the rooftop of their apartment building is called "tar beach"? (Answers may vary.)
- The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop .