dress circle vs seats

dress circle and seats both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dress circle	Yes	No	No	No
seats	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, seats is a hypernym of dress circle; that is, seats is a word with a broader meaning than dress circle:

dress circle: a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra
seats: an area that includes places where several people can sit

Other hypernyms of dress circle include seating, seating area, seating room.

dress circle (noun)	seats (noun)
a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra	an area that includes places where several people can sit