backyard vs neighborhood

backyard

noun
  • A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence. 

  • An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest. 

  • A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go. 

neighborhood

noun
  • The residential area near one's home. 

  • The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex. 

  • The inhabitants of a residential area. 

  • A formal or informal division of a municipality or region. 

  • A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point. 

  • The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point. 

  • An approximate amount. 

  • The quality of physical proximity. 

  • A set containing an open set which contains some specified point. 

  • Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point. 

  • Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point. 

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