Tel Aviv-Yafo vs Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo and Tel Aviv both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Tel Aviv-Yafo	Yes	No	No	No
Tel Aviv	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Tel Aviv-Yafo and Tel Aviv are synonyms defined as:

Tel Aviv-Yafo and Tel Aviv: the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean

Other synonyms of Tel Aviv-Yafo include Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

Tel Aviv-Yafo (noun)	Tel Aviv (noun)
the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean	the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean