Driveway vs. Carport — What's the Difference?

A driveway (also called drive in UK English) is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group. Driveways rarely have traffic lights, but some that bear heavy traffic, especially those leading to commercial businesses and parks, do.

A carport is a covered structure used to offer limited protection to vehicles, primarily cars, from rain and snow. The structure can either be free standing or attached to a wall.

A private road that connects a house, garage, or other building with the street.

An open-sided shelter for one or more cars, usually formed by a roof projecting from the side of a building.

A short private road that leads to a house or garage.

A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.

(US) A road that enters or circulates through a defined area, such as an institution, compound, land area, etc., for the purpose of private access, maintenance, or security.

Garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles

A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.

A road leading up to a private house;