Difference between Menagerie and Zoo

What is the difference between Menagerie and Zoo?

Menagerie as a noun is a collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept while Zoo as a noun is a park where live animals are exhibited.

Menagerie

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept A diverse or miscellaneous group

Zoo

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A park where live animals are exhibited.Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

Example sentence: I've visited Lincoln Park Zoo more times than I can count because I believe the more the public learns about our animals, plants and environment, the better equipped we are to play a leading role in protecting our planet.

We hope you now know whether to use Menagerie or Zoo in your sentence.

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