watering hole vs resort area

watering hole and resort area both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
watering hole	Yes	No	No	No
resort area	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, resort area is a hypernym of watering hole; that is, resort area is a word with a broader meaning than watering hole:

watering hole: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
resort area: an area where many people go for recreation, holidays or other purposes

Other hypernyms of watering hole include playground, vacation spot.

watering hole (noun)	resort area (noun)
a health resort near a spring or at the seaside	an area where many people go for recreation, holidays or other purposes