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Argentina
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Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
Difference between Campground and Campsite
"Yellowstone National Park has many campgrounds with a variety of established campsites."
Can anyone tell me what would be the difference between Campground and Campsite according to this sentence?
Non-PRO (1): Darius Saczuk
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Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
area (of land) designated for camping or parking RVs vs pitch/site to camp/park
https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm
"Yellowstone National Park offers 12 campgrounds with over 2,000 established campsites".
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Note added at 10 hrs (2023-04-29 13:07:34 GMT)
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So, quite simply, a "campground" in US English is the entire area set aside
and each of these campgrounds contains individual pitches or campsites
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Note added at 10 hrs (2023-04-29 13:11:37 GMT)
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Hence 12 campgrounds but 2,000 pitches or sites
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philgoddard
: But Darius explained this ten hours ago!
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Don't know how you can say that? He didn't.
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AllegroTrans
: I don't really see this as different to Darius's answer
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Mine is CLEAR and based on FACT. His is all over the place
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Daryo
: I do see a big and significant difference: I would've also checked FIRST how these terms are used **by people managing the Yellowstone National Park** // Point of method: THAT is what is relevant for this ST, more than any glossary or dictionary.
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Thanks! I think mine is significantly clearer
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Audrey Kidwell
: Yvonne's answer is correct for U.S. English. It's the clearest answer so far: usage of these words in Great Britain is not the same as in the U.S. GB usage should not factor into this discussion, as OP's source text is from a U.S. national park.
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Many thanks:-) exactly, not just US but a specific Nat. Park
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Italy
Translator and Subtitler DE/EN/ES > IT
Native in: Italian (Variants: Standard-Italy, Swiss , Emiliano-Romagnolo)
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian, Italian, and 4 more.
campground (site of a camp) vs campsite (place for camping)
https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=ca...
campsite, camp site (place for camping) > campamento, (voz inglesa) camping
https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=ca...
campground: the area or place (such as a field or grove) used for a camp, for camping, or for a camp meeting https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campground
campsite: a place suitable for or used as the site of a camp https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campsite
campground: 1. (general) (United States) > el camping, el campamento
campsite: 2. (place to put up an individual tent) (United States) > el lugar de acampada
https://www.spanishdict.com/compare/campground/campsite
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campground: An area in which people can camp, typically comprised of multiple campsites. [...] (A campground might be part of a larger park that contains other campgrounds.)
https://campnab.com/camping-glossary/campground
campsite: A place where people can camp. https://campnab.com/camping-glossary/campsite
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"In American English, the term **campsite** generally means an area where an individual, family, group, or military unit can pitch a tent or park a camper; a **campground** may contain many campsites."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campsite
"A **campsite** is where you camp. The place where you pitch your tent or park your vehicle. In a more developed area, it's likely to have a picnic table and fire ring and be fairly well defined.
A **campground**, on the other hand, is a group of such sites. A single campground may have a few campsites or it may have hundreds. It could also be used to refer to a group of campsites within a single park or area."
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/389601/how-are-c...
Brazil
Brazilian Portuguese Translator
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese, and 1 more.
Campground is the place where people go camping(outdoors, green areas) Campsites are the campings.
Campsites are the campings.
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AllegroTrans
: nonsensical explanation
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Daryo
: According to your "explanation" you could picth your tent just about anywhere you want in the Yellowstone National ParK - I don't think that it's how it works.
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Susana E. Cano Méndez
: Hi, Nara, I believe that you cannot tolerate certain expressions coming from colleagues. They are rude and they don't provide any explanation.
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Brazil
MKT Specialist EN > PT-BR translator
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese
Campground = Area de camping, Campsite = Acampamento
Reference comments
Spain
Sworn (FRES) & Legal (EN>ES). EN>FR
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: French to Spanish, Spanish to French, English to Spanish, and 5 more.
Campground = campsite
I have searched differences in UK and US, but no, they mean the same, apparently.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: no, they may seem the same when comparing US vs UK English but they aren't synonyms in US
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Well, Collins says so...
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AllegroTrans
: No
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Care to ellaborate?
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Daryo
: if a dictionary was enough to translate, Machine Translation would've replaced all of us ages ago.
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But maybe (just maybe) a dictionary is right sometimes...
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United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
What Wikipedia says
There are two types of campsites: an impromptu area (as one might decide to stop while backpacking or hiking, or simply adjacent to a road through the wilderness), and a designated area with various facilities.
Campgrounds
Semi-permanent tents on wooden platforms at a scout camp
A campsite on Ölüdeniz beach
Undeveloped tent camping area
A lean-to camping in Finland
The term camp comes from the Latin word campus, meaning "field". Therefore, a campground consists typically of open pieces of ground where a camper can pitch a tent or park a camper. More specifically a campsite is a dedicated area set aside for camping and for which often a user fee is charged. Campsites typically feature a few (but sometimes no) improvements.
Dedicated campsites, known as campgrounds, usually have some amenities.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: This is really not a good ref at all as it mixes up US and UK usage whereas the ST is US ONLY ( and a specific site)
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United Kingdom
Patents and related material specialist
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, UK, British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Swedish to English, and 4 more.
US National Park Service Glossary from 1960
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GLOSSARY OF COMMONLY USED TERMS
Campground. (The facility formerly referred to as a "developed campground"). An area with an organized layout, having well defined roads, parking spaces, and campsites. Drinking water, and sanitary facilities including toilets and refuse containers are furnished on a community basis. Each campground has a designed capacity based on the number of campsites therein.
Campsite. A clearly marked plot or location within a campground which provides accommodations for camping by an individual, family, or party. A typical campsite would include a parking spur or parking space, fireplace, table and bench combination, and a tent space; however, in the case of a walk-in campground or walk-in section of a campground, the parking space is provided but not as an integral part of each campsite.
http://npshistory.com/publications/nps-glossary.pdf
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Daryo
: That is "THE" relevant reference for this text! Companies often have their own "internal jargon" - how terms are used elsewhere is utterly irrelevant as far the specific company is concerned.
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Teresa Goncalves
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Discussion
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g186338-c3-zff29-London_E...
The individual space where you erect your tent is normally referred to as a 'pitch'.