Garden State vs N.J.

Garden State and N.J. both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Garden State	Yes	No	No	No
N.J.	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Garden State and N.J. are synonyms defined as:

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

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

Garden State (noun)	N.J. (noun)
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies	a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies