food court vs courtyard

food court and courtyard both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
food court	Yes	No	No	No
courtyard	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, courtyard is a hypernym of food court; that is, courtyard is a word with a broader meaning than food court:

food court: an area (as in a shopping mall) where food is sold, usually around a common eating area, with multiple contiguous stalls
courtyard: an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings

Other hypernyms of food court include court.

food court (noun)	courtyard (noun)
an area (as in a shopping mall) where food is sold, usually around a common eating area, with multiple contiguous stalls	an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings