Terrace vs. Porch — What's the Difference?

A level paved area next to a building; a patio

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.

Each of a series of flat areas made on a slope, used for cultivation.

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

A row of houses built in one block in a uniform style

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

Make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps

(Obsolete) A portico or covered walk.

A porch or walkway bordered by colonnades.

(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.

A platform extending outdoors from a floor of a house or apartment building.

A portico; a covered walk.

An open, often paved area adjacent to a house serving as an outdoor living space; a patio.

The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

A raised bank of earth having vertical or sloping sides and a flat top

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 flat, narrow stretch of ground, often having a steep slope facing a river, lake, or sea.

A portico; a covered walk.

A row of buildings erected on raised ground or on a sloping site.

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

A section of row houses.

Abbr. Ter. or Terr. A residential street, especially along the top or slope of a hill.

A narrow strip of landscaped earth in the middle of a street.

To provide (a house, for example) with a terrace or terraces.

To form (a hillside or sloping lawn, for example) into terraces.

A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment

A platform that extends outwards from a building.

(agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

(geology) A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.

A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.

A single house in such a group.

The standing area of a sports stadium.

The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

To provide something with a terrace.

To form something into a terrace.

A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.

A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.

A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.

A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.

A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.

To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.

Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

A row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face);

Provide (a house) with a terrace;

Make into terraces as for cultivation;