The difference between Cladding and Siding

When used as nouns, cladding means clothing, whereas siding means a building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.


check bellow for the other definitions of Cladding and Siding

  1. Cladding as a noun (rare):

    Clothing; clothes.

  2. Cladding as a noun:

    Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.

  3. Cladding as a noun (construction):

    A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).

  1. Cladding as a verb:

  1. Siding as a noun (North America):

    A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.

    Examples:

    "Ugh. If there's one thing I can't stand it's cheesy vinyl siding."

  1. Siding as a verb:

    Examples:

    "Whenever he hears an argument, he can't help siding with one party or the other."

  1. Siding as a noun (rail transport):

    A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) .

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