possession vs district

possession and district both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
possession	Yes	No	No	No
district	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, district is a hypernym of possession; that is, district is a word with a broader meaning than possession:

Other hypernyms of possession include dominion, territorial dominion, territory.

possession (noun)	district (noun)
anything owned or possessed	a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
the act of having and controlling property
(sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
a mania restricted to one thing or idea
being controlled by passion or the supernatural

possession (verb)	district (verb)
	regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns