Question

What's the difference between wainscoting and beadboard?

Answer 1

Beadboard is a decorative style of wood paneling that has evenly spaced grooves on the surface.

Here's a picture of beadboard.

Wainscoting is a type of paneling but doesn't have the evenly spaced grooves on the surface and wainscoting as been used for centuries unlike regular wood paneling.

Here's a picture of Wainscoting.