neighborhood vs hood

hood vs neighborhood

neighborhood and hood both are nouns.

neighborhood is not a verb while hood is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
neighborhood	Yes	No	No	No
hood	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

neighborhood: people living near one another
hood: (slang) a neighborhood or community

Other hyponyms of neighborhood include 'hood, street.

neighborhood (noun)	hood (noun)
people living near one another	(zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
a surrounding or nearby region	protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)	a headdress that protects the head and face
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')	the folding roof of a carriage
	metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
	(falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
	a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
	(slang) a neighborhood or community
	a protective covering that is part of a plant
	an aggressive and violent young criminal

neighborhood (verb)	hood (verb)
	cover with a hood

Difference between neighborhood and hood

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