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Frieze vs Metope - What's the difference?

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In architecture|lang=en terms the difference between frieze and metope

is that frieze is (architecture) that part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice it is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture while metope is (architecture) the architectural element between two triglyphs in a doric frieze.

As nouns the difference between frieze and metope

is that frieze is a kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side or frieze can be (architecture) that part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice it is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture while metope is (architecture) the architectural element between two triglyphs in a doric frieze.

As a verb frieze

is to make a nap on (cloth); to friz.