Yard vs Park - What's the difference?

yard | park |

In transitive terms the difference between yard and park

is that yard is to confine to a yard while park is to enclose in a park, or as in a park.

yard

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) yard, .

Noun

(en noun)

A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building ().

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard —peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}

An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.

* {{quote-book, year=1931, author=

, title=Death Walks in Eastrepps , chapter=2/2 citation , passage=A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard .}}

(Jamaica) One’s house or home.

Derived terms

See also Yard * apple-yard * back yard, back-yard, backyard * barn-yard, barnyard * bone-yard, boneyard * brickyard * castle yard * chapel yard * churchyard * court-yard, courtyard * deer-yard, deeryard * dockyard * door-yard, dooryard * dung-yard * farm-yard, farmyard * fore-yard * front yard * graveyard * green-yard, greenyard * grip-yard * hemp-yard * hop-yard * inn-yard, innyard * junk-yard, junkyard * kailyard, kaleyard * kirkyard * knacker's yard * liberty of the yard * lumber-yard, lumberyard * marshaling yard, marshalling yard * mast-yard * navy yard, navy-yard * olive-yard * * palace yard * par-yard * poultry-yard * press-yard * rick-yard, rickyard * rope-yard * sale-yard, saleyard * schoolyard * scrapyard * shipyard * show-yard * stable-yard * stack-yard, stackyard * steelyard * stockyard * straw yard * switchyard * tan-yard, tanyard * tenter-yard * tilt-yard, tiltyard * timber-yard, timberyard * vinegar-yard * vineyard * wood-yard, woodyard * yardage * yard bird, yardbird * yard-boy * yard broom * yard-dike * yard-dog * yardful * yard grass, yard-grass * yardhove * yarding * yardland * yardman * yardmaster * yard-money * yardperson * yard sale * yardsman * yardswoman * yard work, yard-work

Verb

(en verb)

To confine to a yard.

* 1893 , Elijah Kellogg, Good old times, or, Grandfather's struggles for a homestead

As they reached the door, Bose, having yarded the cows, was stealing around the corner of the pig-sty, and making for the woods.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) yerd, , German Gerte.

Noun

(en noun)

(nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.

(nautical) Any spar carried aloft ().

A staff, rod or stick.

(Piers Plowman)

A unit of length equal to three feet (exactly 0.9144 metres in the US and UK; ).

* , chapter=1

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’

(US, slang) One hundred dollars.

(obsolete) The penis.

*, II.12:

*:there were some people found who tooke pleasure to unhood the end of their yard , and to cut off the fore-skinne after the manner of the Mahometans and Jewes.

Derived terms

* all wool and a yard wide * by the yard * clay yard * cloth yard, cloth-yard * cubic yard * fore-yard, foreyard * golden yard * jackyard * main yard, main-yard * mast-yard * meteyard * mizen-yard, mizen yard, mizzen-yard, mizzen yard * royal yardman * sailyard * six-yard box * square yard * steelyard * under the yard * upper yardman * yardage * yard-arm, yardarm * yard-coal * yarded * yardel * yard-fell * yard goods * yardland * yard-long * yard-measure * yard of ale * yard of clay * yard of land * yard of lime * yard of mortar * yard of satin * yard of stone * yard of tin * yard-rope * yard-seam * yard-stick, yardstick * yard-wand, yardwand * whole nine yards

Etymology 3

Corruption of (etyl) milliard.

Noun

(en noun)

(finance) 10⁹, A thousand millions or milliard.

I need to hedge a yard of yen.

Anagrams

* * ----

park

English

Noun

(en noun)

An area of land set aside for environment preservation and/or informal recreation.

# A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.

#* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)

While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.

# A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation

#* , chapter=23

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park , very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}

#* 1994 , Robert Ferro,The Blue Star :

I roamed the streets and parks , as far removed from the idea of art and pretense as I could take myself, discovering there the kind of truth I was supposed to be setting down on paper…

# An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.

# (US) A grassy basin surrounded by mountains.

An area used for serious organized purposes.

# (rfc-sense) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together.

# A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

# An area zoned for a particular (industrial or technological) purpose.

#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Chico Harlan

, volume=189, issue=2, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Japan pockets the subsidy … , passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}

# (soccer) A pitch; the area on which a match is played.

#* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 28, author=Owen Phillips, work=BBC

, title= Sunderland 0-2 Blackpool , passage=But because of their dominance in the middle of the park and the sheer volume of chances, Sunderland boss Steve Bruce must have been staggered and sickened in equal measure when the visitors took the lead five minutes after the break.}}

(UK) An inventory of matériel.

(Australia, NZ) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.

* 2003 , “Johnny”, Melbourne Blackout'', in Sleazegrinder (editor), ''Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll?s Frontline , page 174,

We got to the 9^th Ward and as luck would have it I found a park for my bro?s car right out the front.

* 2010 , Sandy Curtis, Dangerous Deception , Clan Destine Press, Australia, unnumbered page,

Once they?d entered the floors of parking spaces, James found a park relatively easily, but Mark had difficulty, and only a swift sprint allowed him to catch up as James walked through the throngs of people in the casino with the determination of a man who didn?t want to be delayed.

* 2011 , Antonia Magee, The Property Diaries: A Story of Buying a House, Finding a Man and Making a Home … All on a Single Income! , John Wiley & Sons Australia, unnumbered page,

We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building.

Antonyms

* (a piece of ground in or near a city) building, skyscraper, street

Synonyms

* (a piece of ground in or near a city) courtyard, garden, plaza

Derived terms

* amusement park * ballpark * car park * national park * parkade * skatepark * theme park * tank park

References

* “Park” in James F. Dunnigan and Albert Nofi (1992), Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know , Harper, ISBN 978-0688112707, p 28. *

Verb

(en verb)

To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

You can park the car in front of the house.

I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.

(informal) To defer (a matter) until a later date.

Let's park that until next week's meeting.

To bring together in a park, or compact body.

To enclose in a park, or as in a park.

How are we parked , and bounded in a pale. — Shakespeare.

(baseball) To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.

He really parked that one.

(slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle.

They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked .

(transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.

He came in and parked himself in our living room.

Park your bags in the hall.

(finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.

We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.

(Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See )

Antonyms

(bring to a halt) (l)