Areal
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).
Region
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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.An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.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 inhabitants of a region or district of a country.A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.Place; rank; station; dignity.The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
Example sentence: The tradition of the South is not urban... I think we are a region of storytellers, naturally, just from our tribal instincts. We did not have the pleasures of the theater or the dance, motion pictures when they came along. We simply entertain each other by talking.