estate vs plantation

plantation vs estate

estate and plantation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, plantation is a hyponym of estate; that is, plantation 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
plantation: an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)

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

estate (noun)	plantation (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	garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use	an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

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