tiered seat vs seating area

tiered seat and seating area both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tiered seat	Yes	No	No	No
seating area	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, seating area is a hypernym of tiered seat; that is, seating area is a word with a broader meaning than tiered seat:

tiered seat: seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front
seating area: an area that includes places where several people can sit

Other hypernyms of tiered seat include seating, seating room, seats.

tiered seat (noun)	seating area (noun)
seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front	an area that includes places where several people can sit