back street vs street

street vs back street

back street and street both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
back street	Yes	No	No	No
street	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, street is a hypernym of back street; that is, street is a word with a broader meaning than back street:

back street: a narrow street with walls on both sides
street: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

back street (noun)	street (noun)
a narrow street with walls on both sides	a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
	the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
	people living or working on the same street
	the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
	a situation offering opportunities

Difference between back street and street

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