Clerestory vs. Dormer — What's the Difference?

In architecture, a clerestory ( KLEER-stor-ee; lit. clear storey, also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye level.

A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. A dormer window (also called dormer) is a form of roof window.

The upper part of the nave, transepts, and choir of a church, containing windows that rise above the roofs of the aisles.

A small roofed structure projecting outward on a larger sloping roof.

A similar structure admitting light into an ancient building such as an Egyptian temple or a Roman basilica.

A window set in such a structure.

An upper portion of a wall containing windows, especially when rising above a lower roof.

(architecture) A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.

(architecture) The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.

(architecture) dormer-window.

Same as Clearstory.

(Philippines) A resident of a dormitory.

Part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light

A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.

A gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window