Difference between Field and Area

What is the difference between Field and Area?

Field as a noun is a land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. while Area as a noun is a measure of the extent of a planar region, or of the surface of a solid; it is measured in square units

Field

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals. The open country near or belonging to a city -- usually used in plural. A region affected by a particular force. A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice. A set having two operations called addition and multiplication under both of which all the elements of the set are commutative and associative; for which multiplication distributes over addition; and for both of which there exist an identity element and an inverse element. An area reserved for playing a game. A region containing a particular mineral. The background of the shield An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it. To place a team in (a game). To answer; to address.

Example sentence: It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.

Area

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A measure of the extent of a planar region, or of the surface of a solid; it is measured in square unitsA particular geographic region.Any particular extent of surface.Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement

Example sentence: I like going to areas where the murder rate is high and dropping it.

We hope you now know whether to use Field or Area in your sentence.

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