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Camping vs Campground - What's the difference?

camping | campground |

As nouns the difference between camping and campground

is that camping is the recreational activity of while campground is an area where tents are pitched.

As a verb camping

is .

camping

English

(wikipedia camping)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The recreational activity of .
    • Camping is a favorite summer activity.
  • The act of setting up a camp.
  • * 1848 , The North British Review (volume 9, page 17)
    • In some quarters, indeed, it was different — the troops bivouacked in many places. It was a strange and an unpleasing sight to see these campings in the heart of a city, yet it was picturesque in the extreme.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    campground

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An area where tents are pitched.
  • * 1994 , Richard Katz, Skating Unrinked: An Insider's Guide to Skating Trails in the San Francisco Bay Area.
    • At 4.7 miles, on the left, is the campground and park headquarters for Samuel P. Taylor State Park
  • An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) (trail ride and party) is held.
  • * 1869 , The Monthly Religious Magazine
    • Camp Hamilton is the Methodist campground , a few miles from Salem, where the Methodists were holding services.