hotspot vs geographic area

hotspot and geographic area both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hotspot	Yes	No	No	No
geographic area	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of hotspot include geographic region, geographical area, geographical region.

hotspot (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