panhandle vs geographic region

panhandle and geographic region both are nouns.

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

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

panhandle: a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
geographic region: a demarcated area of the Earth

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

panhandle (noun)	geographic region (noun)
the handle of a pan	a demarcated area of the Earth
a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area

panhandle (verb)	geographic region (verb)
beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money