Wallboard vs Drywall - What's the difference?
wallboard | drywall |
a construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface.
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
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A wall made of this.
A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
As nouns the difference between wallboard and drywall
is that wallboard is a construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface while drywall is a building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.As a verb drywall is
to install and finish drywall.wallboard
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* gypsum board * gyprock * plasterboarddrywall
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* dry wallNoun
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