hot spot vs geographic area

hot spot and geographic area both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hot spot	Yes	No	No	No
geographic area	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of hot spot include geographic region, geographical area, geographical region.

hot spot (noun)	geographic area (noun)
a lively entertainment spot	a demarcated area of the Earth
a point of relatively intense heat or radiation
a place of political unrest and potential violence