The difference between Hood and Neighborhood
When used as nouns, hood means a covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak, whereas neighborhood means the quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other.
Hood is also verb with the meaning: to cover something with a hood.
Hood is also adjective with the meaning: relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hood and Neighborhood
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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.
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Neighborhood as a noun (chiefly, obsolete):
The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
Examples:
"Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings."
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Neighborhood as a noun:
Close proximity, nearby area; particularly, close proximity to one's home.
Examples:
"He lives in my neighborhood."
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Neighborhood as a noun:
The inhabitants of a residential area.
Examples:
"The fire alarmed the neighborhood."
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Neighborhood as a noun:
A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
Examples:
"We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood."
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Neighborhood as a noun:
An approximate amount.
Examples:
"He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year."
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Neighborhood as a noun:
The quality of physical proximity.
Examples:
"The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood."
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Neighborhood as a noun (obsolete):
The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
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Neighborhood as a noun (topology):
Within a topological space: A set containing an open set which contains some specified point. Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
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Neighborhood as a noun (topology):
Within a metric space: A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point. Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
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Neighborhood as a noun (topology):
The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
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Neighborhood as a noun (graph theory):
The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.