Garden State vs Jersey

Garden State and Jersey both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Garden State	Yes	No	No	No
Jersey	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Garden State and Jersey are synonyms defined as:

Garden State and Jersey: a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies

Other synonyms of Garden State include N.J., New Jersey, NJ.

Garden State (noun)	Jersey (noun)
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies	a breed of dairy cattle developed on the island of Jersey
	a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
	the largest of the Channel Islands