institution vs booby hatch

booby hatch vs institution

institution and booby hatch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
institution	Yes	No	No	No
booby hatch	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, booby hatch is a hyponym of institution; that is, booby hatch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than institution:

institution: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
booby hatch: pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Other hyponyms of institution include Bedlam, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit.

institution (noun)	booby hatch (noun)
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new	pejorative terms for an insane asylum
an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

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