drainage basin vs geographic area

drainage basin and geographic area both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drainage basin	Yes	No	No	No
geographic area	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, geographic area is a hypernym of drainage basin; that is, geographic area is a word with a broader meaning than drainage basin:

drainage basin: the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
geographic area: a demarcated area of the Earth

Other hypernyms of drainage basin include geographic region, geographical area, geographical region.

drainage basin (noun)	geographic area (noun)
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet	a demarcated area of the Earth

drainage basin vs geographic area

drainage basin and geographic area both are nouns.

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