yard vs playground

playground vs yard

yard and playground both are nouns.

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

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

yard: the enclosed land around a house or other building
playground: yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play

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

yard (noun)	playground (noun)
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)	yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen	an area where many people go for recreation, holidays or other purposes
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 playground

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