The difference between Ghetto and Hood
When used as nouns, ghetto means an (often walled) area of a city in which jews are concentrated by force and law, whereas hood means a covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
When used as verbs, ghetto means to confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto, whereas hood means to cover something with a hood.
When used as adjectives, ghetto means of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general, whereas hood means relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ghetto and Hood
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Ghetto as a noun:
An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law.
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Ghetto as a noun:
An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race.
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Ghetto as a noun:
An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.
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Ghetto as a noun (figurative, sometimes, _, pejorative):
An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.
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Ghetto as an adjective:
Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.
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Ghetto as an adjective (slang, informal):
Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.
Examples:
"My apartment's so [[ghetto]], the rats and cockroaches filed a complaint with the city!"
"I like to drive [[ghetto]] cars; if they break down you can just abandon them and pick up a new one!"
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Ghetto as an adjective (US, informal):
Characteristic of the style, speech, or behavior of residents of a predominantly black or other ghetto in the United States.
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Ghetto as an adjective:
Having been raised in a ghetto in the United States.
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Ghetto as a verb:
To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.
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Hood as a noun:
A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
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Hood as a noun:
A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
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Hood as a noun:
An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
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Hood as a noun (automotive):
A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
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Hood as a noun (US, automotive):
The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle: known as a bonnet in other countries.
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Hood as a noun:
A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
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Hood as a verb:
To cover something with a hood.
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Hood as a noun (slang):
gangster, thug.
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Hood as an adjective:
Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people's attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
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Hood as a noun (slang):
neighborhood.
Examples:
"What’s goin’ down in the hood?"
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Hood as a noun (UK):
person wearing a hoodie.