veranda vs. balcony

noun

  1. Also ·d. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.


noun

plural balconies.
  1. a balustraded or railed elevated platform projecting from the wall of a building.
  2. a gallery in a theater.