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region vs geographic region

geographic region vs region

region and geographic region both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
region Yes No No No
geographic region Yes No No No
As nouns, geographic region is a hyponym of region; that is, geographic region is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than region:
  • region: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
  • geographic region: a demarcated area of the Earth
Other hyponyms of region include area, country, backwater, breadbasket, theater of war, theatre of war, field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations, zone of interior, district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory, demesne, domain, land, northland, southland, field, geographic area, geographical area, geographical region, biogeographical region, heartland, irredenta, irridenta, antipodes, terra incognita, unknown, unknown region, laboratory, testing ground.
region (noun) geographic region (noun)
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve a demarcated area of the Earth
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
the extended spatial location of something
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
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