institution vs funny farm

funny farm vs institution

institution and funny farm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
institution	Yes	No	No	No
funny farm	Yes	No	No	No

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

institution: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
funny farm: pejorative terms for an insane asylum

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

institution (noun)	funny farm (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

Difference between institution and funny farm

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