Main Difference
The main difference between Barn and Shed is that the Barn is a agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace and Shed is a single-storey structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage
Barn
A barn is an agricultural building usually on farms and used for various purposes. In the North American area, a barn refers to structures that house livestock, including cattle and horses, as well as equipment and fodder, and often grain. As a result, the term barn is often qualified e.g. tobacco barn, dairy barn, sheep barn, potato barn. In the British Isles, the term barn is restricted mainly to storage structures for unthreshed cereals and fodder, the terms byre or shippon being applied to cow shelters, whereas horses are kept in buildings known as stables. In mainland Europe, however, barns were often part of integrated structures known as byre-dwellings (or housebarns in US literature). In addition, barns may be used for equipment storage, as a covered workplace, and for activities such as threshing.
Shed
A shed is typically a simple, single-story roofed structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop. Sheds vary considerably in the complexity of their construction and their size, from small open-sided tin-roofed structures to large wood-framed sheds with shingled roofs, windows, and electrical outlets. Sheds used on farms or in industry can be large structures. The main types of shed construction are metal sheathing over a metal frame, plastic sheathing and frame, all-wood construction (the roof may be asphalt shingled or sheathed in tin), and vinyl-sided sheds built over a wooden frame.
A culture of shed enthusiasts exists in several countries for people who enjoy building sheds and spending time in them for relaxation. In Australia and New Zealand there are magazines called The Shed, an association for shed hobbyists (the Australian Men’s Shed Association), and a book entitled Men and Sheds.
Barn (noun)
A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
Barn (noun)
A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
Barn (noun)
An arena.
“Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.”
Barn (noun)
A child.
Barn (verb)
To lay up in a barn.
Shed (verb)
To part, separate or divide.
“To shed something in two.”
“To shed the sheep from the lambs.”
“A metal comb shed her golden hair.”
“We are shed with each other by an enormous distance.”
Shed (verb)
To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
“You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.”
“When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.”
Shed (verb)
To pour; to make flow.
Shed (verb)
To allow to flow or fall.
“I didn’t shed many tears when he left me.”
“A tarpaulin sheds water.”
Shed (verb)
To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.
“Can you shed any light on this problem?”
Shed (verb)
To pour forth, give off, impart.
Shed (verb)
To fall in drops; to pour.
Shed (verb)
To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
Shed (verb)
To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
Shed (noun)
An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
Shed (noun)
A distinction or dividing-line.
Shed (noun)
A parting in the hair.
Shed (noun)
The top of the head.
Shed (noun)
An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
Shed (noun)
A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.
“a wagon shed; a wood shed; a garden shed”
Shed (noun)
A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
Shed (noun)
An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
Shed (noun)
A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
Shed (noun)
a simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop
“a bicycle shed”
“a garden shed”
Shed (noun)
a larger structure for storing or maintaining vehicles or other machinery
“a shed is required for the three engines”
Shed (noun)
a building for shearing sheep or milking cattle.
Shed (verb)
park (a vehicle) in a depot
“the buses were temporarily shedded in that depot”
Shed (verb)
(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground
“both varieties shed leaves in winter”
Shed (verb)
(of a reptile, insect, etc.) allow (its skin or shell) to come off, to be replaced by another one that has grown underneath.
Shed (verb)
(of a mammal) lose (hair) as a result of moulting, disease, or age.
Shed (verb)
take off (clothes)
“we shed our jackets”
Shed (verb)
have the property of repelling (water or a similar substance).
Shed (verb)
discard (something undesirable, superfluous, or outdated)
“many firms use relocation as an opportunity to shed jobs”
Shed (verb)
cast or give off (light)
“the full moon shed a watery light on the scene”
Shed (verb)
accidentally allow (something) to fall off or spill
“a lorry shed its load of steel bars”
Shed (verb)
eliminate part of (an electrical power load) by disconnecting circuits.