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Veranda vs Porch - What's the difference?

veranda | porch |

As nouns the difference between veranda and porch

is that veranda is a gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building while porch is a covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof.

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.
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    • porch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (architecture) A covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof.
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  • A portico; a covered walk.

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    Derived terms

    * porch monkey

    See also

    * loggia *