curtilage vs dooryard

curtilage and dooryard both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
curtilage	Yes	No	No	No
dooryard	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dooryard is a hyponym of curtilage; that is, dooryard is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than curtilage:

Other hyponyms of curtilage include backyard, front yard, garden, playground, side yard.

curtilage (noun)	dooryard (noun)
the enclosed land around a house or other building	a yard outside the front or rear door of a house