psychiatric hospital vs asylum

psychiatric hospital and asylum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
psychiatric hospital	Yes	No	No	No
asylum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, psychiatric hospital and asylum are synonyms defined as:

psychiatric hospital and asylum: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Other synonyms of psychiatric hospital include insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution.

psychiatric hospital (noun)	asylum (noun)
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person	a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
	a shelter from danger or hardship