What's the difference between wainscoting and beadboard?

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asked Mar 5, 2019 in Do it yourself by ysorkd (420 points)
What's the difference between wainscoting and beadboard?

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answered Mar 6, 2019 by Larry S (42,350 points)

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.

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