Menagerie vs. Zoo

Menagerienoun

A collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept.

Menagerienoun

A diverse or miscellaneous group.

Menagerienoun

A place where animals are kept and trained.

Menagerienoun

A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition.

Menagerienoun

a collection of live animals for study or display

Menagerienoun

the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

Menagerienoun

a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition.

Menagerienoun

a strange or diverse collection of people or things

Menagerie

A menagerie is a collection of captive animals, frequently exotic, kept for display; or the place where such a collection is kept, a precursor to the modern zoological garden.The term was first used in 17th-century France, in reference to the management of household or domestic stock. Later, it came to be used primarily in reference to aristocratic or royal animal collections.

Zoonoun

A park where live animals are exhibited.

Zoonoun

(figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

Zoonoun

The jungle.

Zoonoun

the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

Zoonoun

an establishment which maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or gardens, for study, conservation, or display to the public.

Zoonoun

a situation characterized by confusion and disorder

Zoo

A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are housed within enclosures, cared for, displayed to the public, and in some cases bred for conservation purposes. The term zoological garden refers to zoology, the study of animals.