In the 1500s other people began moving to North America. The first European settlers were Spanish and they settled in what is now Florida and the Southwest. In the 1600s, the French settled mainly in what is now Canada and the English came to live on the east coast of North America. Soon other Europeans joined them.
A porch has a roof and typically has the lower half if with a fancier railing or half wall to match the rest of the house and sometimes is completely closed in to become a sun porch. A deck rarely had a roof it is designed to be a big open space for gatherings BRAVO to those of you who actually knew the difference.
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of porch): back porch (a porch for the back door) deck (a porch that resembles the deck on a ship) front porch (a porch for the front door) portico (a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area) stoep; stoop (small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house) gallery; veranda; verandah (a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed))