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Ceiling vs. Roof
Ceiling
/ˈsiːlɪŋ/Examples:
A single two-arm gas-pipe descended from the center of the ceiling.Do you see that hole in the ceiling?The room was all mirrors – walls, floor, ceiling.
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Roof
/ruːf/Examples:
The houses with tiled roofs had had their tiles stripped off.Drying her eyes, Lenina walked across the roof to the lift.The roof leaks.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- The ceiling is the underside of the room's overhead surface, while the roof is the top covering of a building.
- You look up to see the ceiling when you are inside, but the roof is what covers the structure from the outside.
- Ceilings are generally flat and meant to be looked at from below, whereas roofs can be slanted and bear the external elements.
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