lawn bowling vs bowls

lawn bowling and bowls both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lawn bowling	Yes	No	No	No
bowls	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lawn bowling and bowls are synonyms defined as:

lawn bowling and bowls: a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack

lawn bowling (noun)	bowls (noun)
a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack	a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack