scene of action vs playing area

scene of action and playing area both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scene of action	Yes	No	No	No
playing area	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of scene of action include athletic field, field, playing field.

scene of action (noun)	playing area (noun)
a playing field where sports events take place	a piece of land prepared for playing a game