Housing and Urban Development vs HUD

Housing and Urban Development and HUD both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Housing and Urban Development	Yes	No	No	No
HUD	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Housing and Urban Development and HUD are synonyms defined as:

Housing and Urban Development and HUD: the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965

Other synonyms of Housing and Urban Development include Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Housing and Urban Development (noun)	HUD (noun)
the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965	the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965