country vs region

region vs country

country and region both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
country	Yes	No	No	No
region	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, region is a hypernym of country; that is, region is a word with a broader meaning than country:

country: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
region: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

country (noun)	region (noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government	a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
the people who live in a nation or country	a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
the territory occupied by a nation	the extended spatial location of something
an area outside of cities and towns	a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)	the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

Difference between country and region

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