canopy vs soffit

canopy

noun
  • Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors. 

  • A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed. 

  • The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest. 

  • In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover. 

  • In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed. 

verb
  • To cover with or as if with a canopy. 

  • To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline. 

soffit

noun
  • The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element. 

  • The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit. 

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