housing vs bard

housing and bard both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
housing	Yes	No	No	No
bard	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

housing: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
bard: an ornamental caparison for a horse

Other hyponyms of housing include horsecloth.

housing (noun)	bard (noun)
structures collectively in which people are housed	an ornamental caparison for a horse
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component	a lyric poet
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

housing (verb)	bard (verb)
	put a caparison on