Region vs. Area — What's the Difference?

A distinct part of the world with specific characteristics.

A specified extent of space.

An administrative division within a country or city.

A subject or range of study or interest.

A space in an organism or object with distinct properties.

(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

A part of space having a particular role or function.

A geographic zone.

An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

A space designated for a specific purpose.

A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve;

(British) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.

A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.

(slang) Genitals.

(Ontario) regional municipality

An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.

A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth;

The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.

The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of');

Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional region, shape, or planar lamina, in the plane. Surface area is its analog on the two-dimensional surface of a three-dimensional object.

A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space

A roughly bounded part of the space on a surface; a region:a farming area; the New York area.

A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic

A surface, especially an open, unoccupied piece of ground:a landing area; a playing area.

A bioregion.

A distinct part or section, as of a building, set aside for a specific function:a storage area in the basement.

A political district or unit, often with its adjacent lands

A division of experience, activity, or knowledge; a field:studies in the area of finance; a job in the health-care area.

An area of the body having natural or arbitrarily assigned boundaries

An open, sunken space next to a building; an areaway.

An area of interest or activity; a sphere

Abbr. AThe extent of a planar region or of the surface of a solid measured in square units.

An approximate degree or amount

A particular geographic region.

Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

(historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.

The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.

An administrative subdivision of the European Union.

(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.

Ellipsis of administrative region

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

(figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.

The inclosed space on which a building stands.

(anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.

(obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.

A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.

Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.

The upper air; the sky; the heavens.

A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);

The inhabitants of a district.

A particular environment or walk of life;

Place; rank; station.

A subject of study;

The extended spatial location of something;

A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function;

A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about;

A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve;

A zone characterized by specific weather patterns.

The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;

In geography, regions are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography). Geographic regions and sub-regions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined, and sometimes transitory boundaries, except in human geography, where jurisdiction areas such as national borders are defined in law.

A range within which something operates or has influence.

(obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.

While "area" often refers to size or extent, it can also indicate a field of study or interest.

Not necessarily. A region might be smaller or larger than an area depending on the context.

Mostly, but it can also indicate a field of knowledge or interest.

Yes, "region" can refer to a specific area, and "area" can refer to a particular region, but their connotations might differ.

Often, regions are defined by specific features, but the specifics can vary.

Yes, areas can be quantified, like the area of a surface.

Yes, cities can be divided into regions based on administrative, cultural, or other criteria.

No, regions can also be defined by climate, culture, or geography.

We use "area" to measure the size or extent of land.

A desert can be considered a region due to its distinct characteristics, but it also has a measurable area.