Playground vs. Schoolyard — What's the Difference?

A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people with disabilities.

A schoolyard or school campus is the region within the boundaries of a school used for teaching, extracurricular activities, and playing sports and games.However, some schools do not use a wall to indicate the range of the schoolyard, in these cases the general activities of teaching and after-school activities can also be called campus life and "schoolyard" or "campus" often is used as a synonym for school life. The term also may refer to only the outdoor portion of a campus, distinguished from classroom space.

An outdoor area featuring equipment designed for recreation and play, such as seesaws and swings.

An open area next to a school building for play and outdoor activities.

An indoor area, such as a room at a community center, that is set up with similar equipment.

The grounds around a school.

A field or sphere of unrestricted pleasurable activity

An open field near a school used for recreation by the students.

(outdoors) A large open space for children to play on, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides).

The yard associated with a school

(figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.

A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

An area where many people go for recreation

Yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play