scheduled territories vs sterling area

scheduled territories and sterling area both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scheduled territories	Yes	No	No	No
sterling area	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scheduled territories and sterling area are synonyms defined as:

scheduled territories and sterling area: the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling

Other synonyms of scheduled territories include sterling bloc.

scheduled territories (noun)	sterling area (noun)
the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling	the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling