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Stockyard vs Stackyard - What's the difference?

stockyard | stackyard |

As nouns the difference between stockyard and stackyard

is that stockyard is an enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc while stackyard is a farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.

stockyard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.

    • stackyard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.

    • Synonyms

    * (qualifier) haggard