enclosure vs yard

yard vs enclosure

enclosure and yard both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
enclosure	Yes	No	No	No
yard	Yes	No	No	No

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

enclosure: a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
yard: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

Other hyponyms of enclosure include cage, coop, cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, hold, storage area, catchall, chamber, compound, dock, echo chamber, lock, lock chamber, nacelle, pen, pit, pen, playpen, plenum, dog pound, pound, niche, recess, vivarium.

enclosure (noun)	yard (noun)
the act of enclosing something inside something else	an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose	a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter	the enclosed land around a house or other building
a naturally enclosed space	an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
	a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
	a tract of land where logs are accumulated
	a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
	a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
	the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

Difference between enclosure and yard

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