yard vs dooryard

dooryard vs yard

yard and dooryard both are nouns.

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

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

yard: the enclosed land around a house or other building
dooryard: a yard outside the front or rear door of a house

Other hyponyms of yard include backyard, front yard, garden, playground, side yard.

yard (noun)	dooryard (noun)
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)	a yard outside the front or rear door of a house
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
the enclosed land around a house or other building
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

Difference between yard and dooryard

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