What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Veranda vs Canopy - What's the difference?

veranda | canopy |

As nouns the difference between veranda and canopy

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

As a verb canopy is

to cover with or as if with a canopy.

veranda

English

(wikipedia veranda)

Alternative forms

* verandah

Noun

(en noun)
  • A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda , smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
  • * '>citation

    • canopy

    English

    Noun

    (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.

    • Verb

    (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.

    • See also

    * canopied * canopy bed English eponyms