Hallway vs. Porch — What's the Difference?

Another term for hall (sense 1 of the noun)

A porch (from Old French porche, from Latin porticus "colonnade", from porta "passage") 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.

A corridor in a building.

A covered platform, usually having a separate roof, at an entrance to a building.

An entrance hall.

An open or enclosed gallery or room attached to the outside of a building; a veranda.

A corridor in a building that connects rooms.

(Obsolete) A portico or covered walk.

An interior passage or corridor in a building, onto which rooms open.

(architectural element) A covered 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. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open;

A portico; a covered walk.

The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

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.

A portico; a covered walk.

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