geographical area vs basin

basin vs geographical area

geographical area and basin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
geographical area	Yes	No	No	No
basin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, basin is a hyponym of geographical area; that is, basin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than geographical area:

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

Other hyponyms of geographical area include soil, territory, colony, dependency, semidesert, narco-state, place, property, 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.

geographical area (noun)	basin (noun)
a demarcated area of the Earth	a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
	a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
	the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
	a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
	the quantity that a basin will hold

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