veranda vs. balcony

noun

  1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.,  Also verandah. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.

  2. piazza.

noun

plural

balconies 
  1. a balustraded or railed elevated platform projecting from the wall of a building.

  2. a gallery in a theater.