institution vs loony bin

loony bin vs institution

institution and loony bin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
institution	Yes	No	No	No
loony bin	Yes	No	No	No

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

institution: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
loony bin: pejorative terms for an insane asylum

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

institution (noun)	loony bin (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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