zone vs killing zone

killing zone vs zone

zone and killing zone both are nouns.

zone is a verb but killing zone is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
zone	Yes	No	Yes	No
killing zone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, killing zone is a hyponym of zone; that is, killing zone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than zone:

zone: an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
killing zone: an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities

Other hyponyms of zone include buffer, buffer zone, combat area, combat zone, danger zone, demilitarized zone, DMZ, drop zone, dropping zone, kill zone, strike zone, tidal zone, promotion zone.

zone (noun)	killing zone (noun)
(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure	an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities
a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude

zone (verb)	killing zone (verb)
separate or apportion into sections
regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

Difference between zone and killing zone

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