Hardboard vs. Plywood — What's the Difference?

Hardboard, also called high-density fiberboard (HDF), is a type of fiberboard, which is an engineered wood product. It is used in furniture and in the construction industry.

Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured boards which include medium-density fibreboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB) and particle board (chipboard).

A construction board made by compressing fibers of wood chips usually with a binder at a high temperature.

A structural material made of layers of wood glued together, usually with the grains of adjoining layers at right angles to each other.

A high-density chipboard.

(uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.

A cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin to form sheets, used in construction and various other purposes; - called also particle board and chipboard.

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.

A cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin

(transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.

A laminate made of thin layers of wood