The Home Depot website has these two as categories under Dimensional Lumber.
Why would one want to exclude items from one category during a search for wood to use in a project?
What is the difference?
Wood – What’s the difference between “Framing Lumber” and “Framing Studs”
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Best Answer
Studs are cut to length at the mill so you can build your 8’ walls without cutting the ends off the top and bottom plates with studs make a quick tilt up wall, the rest is true 8’ 10’ 12’ . Note if remodeling verify length prior to building a wall.