estate vs freehold

freehold vs estate

estate and freehold both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
estate	Yes	No	No	No
freehold	Yes	No	No	No

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

estate: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
freehold: an estate held in fee simple or for life

Other hyponyms of estate include glebe, leasehold, smallholding, homestead, feoff, fief, barony, countryseat, Crown land, manor, seigneury, seigniory, signory, hacienda, plantation, entail.

estate (noun)	freehold (noun)
a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights	tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use	an estate held in fee simple or for life
everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

Difference between estate and freehold

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