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day camp vs camp

camp vs day camp

day camp and camp both are nouns.

day camp is not an adjective while camp is an adjective.

day camp is not a verb while camp is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
day camp Yes No No No
camp Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, camp is a hypernym of day camp; that is, camp is a word with a broader meaning than day camp:
  • day camp: a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime
  • camp: a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
Other hypernyms of day camp include summer camp.
day camp (noun) camp (noun)
a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
a penal institution (often for forced labor)
a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
a group of people living together in a camp
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
day camp (adjective) camp (adjective)
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
day camp (verb) camp (verb)
give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
establish or set up a camp
live in or as if in a tent
Difference between day camp and camp

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