geographic region vs dependency

dependency vs geographic region

geographic region and dependency both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
geographic region	Yes	No	No	No
dependency	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dependency is a hyponym of geographic region; that is, dependency is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than geographic region:

geographic region: a demarcated area of the Earth
dependency: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

Other hyponyms of geographic region include soil, territory, colony, semidesert, narco-state, place, property, basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed, environs, purlieu, geographical zone, zone, environment, environs, surround, surroundings, dust bowl, hemisphere, flashpoint, hot spot, hotspot, trouble spot, panhandle, country, rural area, sphere, sphere of influence, field, settlement, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, populated area, urban area, wild, wilderness, killing field, northern Europe, French region, Baltic Republic, Baltic State, Colony, Dar al-Islam, House of Islam, Dar al-harb, House of War.

geographic region (noun)	dependency (noun)
a demarcated area of the Earth	a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
	the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
	being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

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