pole vs yard

pole and yard both are nouns.

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

pole (noun)	yard (noun)
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic	an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated	a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting	the enclosed land around a house or other building
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves	an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions	a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface	a tract of land where logs are accumulated
one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere	a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
a linear measure of 16.5 feet	a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
a square rod of land	the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

pole (verb)	yard (verb)
deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
propel with a pole
support on poles