garden vs grounds

grounds vs garden

garden and grounds both are nouns.

garden is an adjective but grounds is not an adjective.

garden is a verb but grounds is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
garden	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
grounds	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, grounds is a hypernym of garden; that is, grounds is a word with a broader meaning than garden:

garden: a yard or lawn adjoining a house
grounds: the enclosed land around a house or other building

Other hypernyms of garden include curtilage, yard.

garden (noun)	grounds (noun)
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated	the enclosed land around a house or other building
a yard or lawn adjoining a house	your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden	a justification for something existing or happening
	a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
	dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

garden (adjective)	grounds (adjective)
the usual or familiar type

garden (verb)	grounds (verb)
work in the garden

Difference between garden and grounds

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