sign of the zodiac vs region

region vs sign of the zodiac

sign of the zodiac and region both are nouns.

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

As nouns, region is a hypernym of sign of the zodiac; that is, region is a word with a broader meaning than sign of the zodiac:

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

Other hypernyms of sign of the zodiac include part.

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

Difference between sign of the zodiac and region

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