parcel vs yard

parcel and yard both are nouns.

parcel is a verb but yard is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
parcel	Yes	No	Yes	No
yard	Yes	No	No	No

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

parcel: an extended area of land
yard: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

Other hyponyms of parcel include baseball diamond, diamond, infield, center, center field, centerfield, centre, left, left field, leftfield, outfield, right, right field, rightfield, short, railway yard, railyard, desert, oasis, battlefield, battleground, field, field of battle, field of honor, minefield, breeding ground, clearing, glade, field, field of fire, grounds, athletic field, field, playing area, playing field, industrial park, grassland, mud flat, parade ground, fairground, midway, fairway, park, parkland, common, commons, green, park, picnic area, picnic ground, public square, square, toll plaza, range, sector, land site, site, subdivision, mine field, terrain, patch, plot, plot of ground, plot of land, lot.

parcel (noun)	yard (noun)
the allotment of some amount by dividing something	an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
a wrapped container	a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together	the enclosed land around a house or other building
an extended area of land	an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
	a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
	a tract of land where logs are accumulated
	a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
	a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
	the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

parcel (verb)	yard (verb)
make into a wrapped container
cover with strips of canvas
divide into parts

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