venue vs locus

venue and locus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
venue	Yes	No	No	No
locus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, venue and locus are synonyms defined as:

venue and locus: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

Other synonyms of venue include locale.

venue (noun)	locus (noun)
in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held	the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)	the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
	the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome