region vs sign of the zodiac

sign of the zodiac vs region

region and sign of the zodiac both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
region	Yes	No	No	No
sign of the zodiac	Yes	No	No	No

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

region: the extended spatial location of something
sign of the zodiac: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

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, layer, exterior, outside, radius, side, air, vacuity, vacuum, top, zodiac, house, mansion, planetary house, sign, star sign, Papua, Sind, black hole, Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, Kuiper belt, mare, maria.

region (noun)	sign of the zodiac (noun)
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve	(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
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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