What is the difference between patio and lawn furniture?

Question

What is the origin of each term and why are both in use?

Answer 1

Patio furniture is expected to sit on a solid surface and thus may have smaller leg ends or be more upright like indoor furniture. Lawn furniture is expected to sit on grass and soil and thus has wider ends or tubes that run across the bottom. Lawn furniture is usually either heavier to keep it from blowing away and to withstand more weather or very light to ease picking it up, folding, and storage. Patio furniture is medium weight, heavy enough to stay in place, not as bulky to permit moving past it in the more restricted space of the patio.

Answer 2

I found my answers here at Wikipedia it is a good place to start you can buy patio furniture just about anywhere have you done a Google search that's the first place i tried and it turned up a lot of scenarios for me, but it all depends on where you live as well and in what state unless you want to buy online you can check out this Wikipedia page i found on patio furniture as you will be very surprised what i found online.

http://www.outdoorpatiofurnitureclearance.com/patio furniture

Answer 3

Patio from Spanish for courtyard.

Patio furniture goes on a patio, and lawn furniture goes on a lawn which is an area of grass or other ground covering plant life.