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Neighborhood vs Hood - What's the difference?

neighborhood | hood |

Hood is a derived term of neighborhood.

Hood is a synonym of neighborhood.



As nouns the difference between neighborhood and hood

is that neighborhood is the quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity while hood is a covering such as worn over one’s head.

As a verb hood is

to cover something with a hood.

As an adjective hood is

relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

As a proper noun Hood is

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neighborhood

English

Alternative forms

* neighbourhood (UK)

Noun

  • (chiefly, obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
  • ''Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings.
  • * 1667 , John Milton, Paradise Lost , Book 1, ll. 399-402:
  • Nor content with such / Audacious neighbourhood , the wisest heart / Of Solomon he led by fraud to build / His Temple right against the Temple of God.
  • * 1835 , , Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes :
  • Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighbourhood .
  • Close proximity, nearby area; particularly, close proximity to one's home.
  • He lives in my neighborhood .
  • The inhabitants of a residential area.
  • ''The fire alarmed the neighborhood.
  • A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
  • We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood .
  • An approximate amount.
  • He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year.
  • The quality of physical proximity.
  • The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood .
  • (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
  • (topology) An open set which contains the point in question.
  • (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
  • (label) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
  • (topology) A set containing an open set which contains point in question.
  • (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
  • Synonyms

    * vicinity * proximity * quarter

    Derived terms

    * microneighborhood, microneighbourhood * hood * nabe

    hood

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl), from (etyl) . More at hat.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covering such as worn over one’s head.
  • A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
  • An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
  • (label) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
  • The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle. Also known as a bonnet in other countries.
  • A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
  • Synonyms
    * (engine cover) bonnet, cowl
    Derived terms
    * chemical hood * cooker hood * extractor hood * fume hood * kitchen hood * hoodie * range hood
    See also
    * (l) (hood-shaped)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover something with a hood.
  • Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) gangster, thug.
  • Etymology 3

    ; compare (m).

    Alternative forms

    * 'hood

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) neighborhood.
  • What’s goin’ down in the hood ?
    Usage notes
    Particularly used for poor US inner-city black neighborhoods. Also used more generally, as a casual neutral term for “neighborhood”, but marked by strong associations.
    Synonyms
    * ghetto * (neighborhood) nabe, neighborhood

    Etymology 4

    , influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) person wearing a hoodie.
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