Veranda vs. Porch

Verandanoun

A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.

Verandanoun

An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.

Verandanoun

a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

Veranda

A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure.Although the form verandah is correct and very common, some authorities prefer the version without an (the Concise Oxford English Dictionary gives the version as a variant and The Guardian Style Guide says ).

Porchnoun

(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.

Porchnoun

A portico; a covered walk.

Porchnoun

A covered and inclosed 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. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.

Porchnoun

A portico; a covered walk.

Porchnoun

a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

Porch

A porch (from Old French porche, from Latin porticus , from porta ) is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and forms a low front.