Terrace vs. Roof: What's the Difference?

A porch or walkway bordered by colonnades.

The exterior surface and its supporting structures on the top of a building.

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

The upper exterior surface of a dwelling as a symbol of the home itself

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

The top covering of something

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

The upper surface of an anatomical structure, especially one having a vaulted inner structure

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

The highest point or limit; the summit or ceiling

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

To furnish with a roof or cover.

A section of row houses.

(architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.

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

The top external level of a building.

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

The upper part of a cavity.

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

(mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

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

(climbing) An overhanging rock wall.

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

(transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.

A platform that extends outwards from a building.

To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.

(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.

To put into prison, to bird.

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

(transitive) To shelter as if under a roof.

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

The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.

A single house in such a group.

That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.

The standing area of a sports stadium.

The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

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 cover with a roof.

To provide something with a terrace.

To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.

To form something into a terrace.

A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

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.

Protective covering on top of a motor vehicle

A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.

Provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof

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;