Panel vs. Wainscotting: What's the Difference?

Panel and Wainscotting Definitions
Panel
A flat, usually rectangular piece forming a raised, recessed, or framed part of the surface in which it is set.
Wainscotting
A wainscoted wall or walls; paneling.
Panel
The space or section in a fence or railing between two posts.
Wainscotting
Material, such as wood, used for wainscoting.
Panel
A vertical section of fabric; a gore.
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Wainscotting
A facing or paneling, usually of wood, applied to the walls of a room.
Panel
A thin wooden board, used as a surface for an oil painting.
Wainscotting
The lower part of an interior wall when finished in a material different from that of the upper part.
Panel
A painting on such a board.
Wainscotting
To line or panel (a room or wall) with wainscoting.
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Panel
A board having switches or buttons to control an electric device.
Wainscotting
Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
Panel
An instrument panel.
Wainscotting
Present participle of wainscot
Panel
A section of a telephone switchboard.
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Wainscotting
A wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)
Panel
A cartoon drawing in a sequence of cartoons that form a narrative.
Wainscotting
Wooden panel used to line the walls of a room
Panel
The complete list of persons summoned for jury duty.
Panel
Those persons chosen from this list to constitute a pool from which a jury or juries will be selected for a particular court.
Panel
A jury.
Panel
A group of people gathered to plan or discuss an issue, judge a contest, or act as a team on a radio or television quiz program.
Panel
A discussion by such a group.
Panel
To cover or furnish with panels.
Panel
To decorate with panels.
Panel
To separate into panels.
Panel
A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.
Panel
(architectural element) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
Panel
A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
Today’s panel includes John Smith.
Panel
A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
Panel
(comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.
Panel
(graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
Admin panel
Panel
(law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
Panel
(law) The whole jury.
Panel
A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
Panel
(obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
Panel
A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
Panel
(joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
The panel of a door
Panel
(masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
Panel
(masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
Panel
(mining) A heap of dressed ore.
Panel
(mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
Panel
(dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
Panel
A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
Panel
A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
Panel
(medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
Panel
To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel.
Panel
To fit (an animal, especially a mule or ass) with a panel or simple padded saddle.
Panel
(transitive) To fit (a room etc.) with panels.
Panel
A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
Panel
A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;
Panel
Any group of persons selected to judge a contest, conduct a discussion, serve as advisers, or participate in any group activity in which they will provide information or make judgments.
Panel
Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
Panel
A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
Panel
One of the faces of a hewn stone.
Panel
A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.
Panel
A heap of dressed ore.
Panel
A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
Panel
A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
Panel
A segment of an aëroplane wing. In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.
Panel
To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.
Panel
Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something
Panel
A committee appointed to judge a competition
Panel
(law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
Panel
A group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
Panel
A pad placed under a saddle
Panel
(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel'
Panel
Electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;
He checked the instrument panel
Suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree
Panel
Decorate with panels;
Panel the walls with wood
Panel
Select from a list;
Empanel prospective jurors