Regions vs Area - What's the difference?
regions | area |
the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
* 2000 , Emer Hughes,
* 2003 , Peter Hetherington,
(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
A particular geographic region.
Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=
, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (British) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
, title= (slang) Genitals.
As nouns the difference between regions and area
is that regions is plural of lang=en while area is a measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.regions
English
Noun
(head)Fair city losing out to the regions'', ''Sunday Business Post 7 November:
- Tom Clancy of Elan Recruitment thinks that staff shortages in the regions could be as severe as in Dublin.
Study points civil servants towards the regions'', ''The Guardian , 10 September:
- Three government departments may be named for a move from London to the regions .
Synonyms
* (rest of the country) the provinces (British)Anagrams
* ----area
English
Noun
(wikipedia area)Rob Dorit
Making Life from Scratch, passage=Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.}}
- (Charles Dickens)
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.}}