street vs back street

back street vs street

street and back street both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
street	Yes	No	No	No
back street	Yes	No	No	No

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

street: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
back street: a narrow street with walls on both sides

Other hyponyms of street include alley, alleyway, avenue, boulevard, cross street, local road, local street, high street, main street, mews, rue, side street.

street (noun)	back street (noun)
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings	a narrow street with walls on both sides
the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
people living or working on the same street
the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
a situation offering opportunities

Difference between street and back street

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