hotspot vs geographic region

hotspot and geographic region both are nouns.

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

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

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

hotspot (noun)	geographic region (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