Garden State vs NJ

Garden State and NJ both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

Garden State (noun)	NJ (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