courtyard vs food court

courtyard and food court both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
courtyard	Yes	No	No	No
food court	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, food court is a hyponym of courtyard; that is, food court is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than courtyard:

courtyard: an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
food court: an area (as in a shopping mall) where food is sold, usually around a common eating area, with multiple contiguous stalls

Other hyponyms of courtyard include atrium, bailey, cloister, forecourt, parvis.

courtyard (noun)	food court (noun)
an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings	an area (as in a shopping mall) where food is sold, usually around a common eating area, with multiple contiguous stalls