zonula vs zone

zonula and zone both are nouns.

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

As nouns, zone is a hypernym of zonula; that is, zone is a word with a broader meaning than zonula:

Other hypernyms of zonula include zona.

zonula (noun)	zone (noun)
small beltlike zone	(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
	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

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