Plaza vs. Park — What's the Difference?

A public square or similar open area in a town or city.

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities.

A widened roadway forming the approach to tollbooths on a highway.

A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.

A parking or service area next to a highway.

A landscaped city square.

A shopping center.

A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.

A town's public square.

A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges

An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.

A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve.

(North America) A strip mall.

(Sports)A stadium or an enclosed playing field

A shopping mall.

An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.

A public square in a city or town.

The materiel kept in such an area.

A public square with room for pedestrians;

An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose

Mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace;

A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move

To put or leave (a vehicle) for a time in a certain location.

(Aerospace)To place (a spacecraft or satellite) in a usually temporary orbit.

(Informal)To place or leave temporarily

To assemble (artillery or other equipment) in a military park.

To park a motor vehicle

(Slang)To engage in kissing and caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot.

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

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

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

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

(US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.

An area used for specific purposes.

An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.

A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

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

An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.

(UK) An inventory of matériel.

A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.

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

To defer (a matter) until a later date.

(transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.

(transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.

To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.

To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.

To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.

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

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

To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.

To promenade or drive in a park.

To display style or gait on a park drive.

A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.

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.

A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York.

A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.

A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

Any place where vehicles are assembled according to a definite arrangement; also, the vehicles.

A position of the gear lever in a vehicle with automatic transmission, used when the vehicle is stopped, in which the transmission is in neutral and a brake is engaged.

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

To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.

In oyster culture, to inclose in a park.

To bring (a vehicle) to a stop and leave it standing; - typically a parked vehicle is off of the public road, the motor is not running, and the driver has left the vehicle.

To place (an object) in a temporary location; as, to park oneself on the couch; to park one's money in a mutual fund.

To promenade or drive in a park; also, of horses, to display style or gait on a park drive.

To come to a stop [in a vehicle] off of the public road and leave the vehicle standing; - typically the motor of a parked vehicle is not left running; as, he parked in a no-parking zone.

A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property;

A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;

A facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games);

Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806)

A lot where cars are parked

A gear position that acts as a parking brake;

Place temporarily;

Maneuver a vehicle into a parking space;