playing area vs parcel of land

playing area and parcel of land both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
playing area	Yes	No	No	No
parcel of land	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, parcel of land is a hypernym of playing area; that is, parcel of land is a word with a broader meaning than playing area:

Other hypernyms of playing area include parcel, piece of ground, piece of land, tract.

playing area (noun)	parcel of land (noun)
a piece of land prepared for playing a game	an extended area of land