region vs layer

layer vs region

region and layer both are nouns.

region is not a verb while layer is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
region	Yes	No	No	No
layer	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, layer is a hyponym of region; that is, layer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than region:

region: the extended spatial location of something
layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

Other hyponyms of region include air, atmosphere, biosphere, depths, interplanetary space, interstellar space, heliosphere, intergalactic space, deep space, aerospace, zone, belt, bottom, county, distance, Eden, heaven, nirvana, paradise, promised land, Shangri-la, extremity, hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits, inside, interior, ionosphere, exterior, outside, radius, side, air, vacuity, vacuum, top, zodiac, house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign, Papua, Sind, black hole, Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, Kuiper belt, mare, maria.

region (noun)	layer (noun)
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve	thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about	a hen that lays eggs
the extended spatial location of something	single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth	an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')	a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

region (verb)	layer (verb)
	make or form a layer

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