Difference between Fanlight and Skylight

What is the difference between Fanlight and Skylight?

Fanlight as a noun is a semicircular or semi-oval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom while Skylight as a noun is a window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.

Fanlight

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a semicircular or semi-oval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom

Skylight

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere

We hope you now know whether to use Fanlight or Skylight in your sentence.

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