different between awning vs soffit

English

Etymology

1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn +? -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bann? (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *band? (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n??/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /??n??/
• Rhymes: -??n??

Noun

awning (plural awnings)

1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
2. (nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Translations

Anagrams

• Angwin, waning

English

Etymology

From French soffite, from Italian soffitto, from sof- (“under”) + past participle of figgere (“to fix”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?f.?t/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?s?.f?t/
• Rhymes: -?f?t

Noun

soffit (plural soffits)

1. (architecture) The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element.
   • 1983, Monte Burch, Building Small Barns, Sheds & Shelters, page 110

     If the soffit is to be sloping, simply attach the soffit board(s) to the underside of the rafters, butting the edges tight against the fascia board in front and the barn siding in the back.
2. (pipe technology) The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit.

   The elevation of the pipe soffit is 10.4 meters above mean sea level.

Derived terms

• coffered soffit

Translations

See also

• soffit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia