NJ vs Garden State

NJ and Garden State both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

NJ (noun)	Garden State (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